Essays about: "Margot Jeanne Knapen"

Found 2 essays containing the words Margot Jeanne Knapen.

1. 1. Applying LPJ-GUESS on the Arctic: A model evaluation and benchmarking study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Margot Jeanne Knapen; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; LPJ-GUESS; Arctic; FLUXNET; Gross Primary Productivity; Ecosystem Respiration; Permafrost; Active Layer Thickness; Snow Depth; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Warming in the Arctic occurs at a much higher rate than the global average, which has a considerable impact on the Arctic terrestrial carbon cycle. Permafrost thawing can release substantial amounts of carbon, whilst tundra shrubification and tree-line advance, on the other hand, may compensate for this. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluating the ability of LPJ-GUESS to simulate the tree size structures of tropical forests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Margot Jeanne Knapen; [2021]
   Keywords : tropical forests; tree size distributions; LPJ-GUESS; carbon; biomass; sensitivity analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Tropical forests are of great importance to all living-beings due to their high biodiversity and the valu-able resources, such as food and fuel, they provide. In addition, tropical trees sequester a high amount of carbon and consequently over half of the global forest carbon stock can be found in the tropics. READ MORE