Title :
A parameter restriction and selection scheme for distributed land surface models and their supporting databases
Author :
Mackay, D. Scott ; Samanta, Sudeep ; Ewers, Brent E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr., SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA
Abstract :
The APReS fuzzy logic based modeling framework is used to show the importance of spatial gradients in modeling water fluxes. The results show that transpiration varies considerably between the spatial approach and traditional center-of-stand approaches.
Keywords :
fuzzy logic; geographic information systems; geography; APReS fuzzy logic; adaptive parameter restriction and selection; distributed land surface models; parameter restriction; selection scheme; spatial gradients; water flux modeling; Atmospheric modeling; Biological system modeling; Boundary conditions; Distributed databases; Environmental factors; Fuzzy logic; Geography; Land surface; Remote sensing; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information, 2004. Processing NAFIPS '04. IEEE Annual Meeting of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8376-1
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2004.1337436
