Modeling of carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystem: a review
Mao, L.; Sun, Y.; Yan, X.
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 17(11): 2189-2195
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-9332 PMID: 17269352 Document Number: 605048
Terrestrial carbon cycling is one of the important issues in global change research, while carbon cycling modeling has become a necessary method and tool in understanding this cycling. This paper reviewed the research progress in terrestrial carbon cycling, with the focus on the basic framework of simulation modeling, two essential models of carbon cycling, and the classes of terrestrial carbon cycling modeling, and analyzed the present situation of terrestrial carbon cycling modeling. It was pointed out that the future research direction could be based on the biophysical modeling of dynamic vegetation, and this modeling could be an important component in the earth system modeling.