Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-613-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-613-2014
Methods for assessment of models
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16 Apr 2014
Methods for assessment of models |  | 16 Apr 2014

The Community Land Model underestimates land-use CO2 emissions by neglecting soil disturbance from cultivation

S. Levis, M. D. Hartman, and G. B. Bonan

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