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A MAJOR LIMIT FOR THE APPLICATION OF SUCH MODELS TO
LARGER SCALE : SOME IMPORTANT PARAMETERS TO WHICH
THE MODEL IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE ARE UNKNOWN SPATIALY
Charles Edwards (1986) : 8 gDM / MJ IPAR
Depends of soil nutrient availability, ...
- Initial living root biomass
Values between 100 to 800 gDM / m2 are found
in the literature for such grasslands
= Photosynthetic conversion efficiency when water and temperature
TO INDERECTLY RETRIEVE THESE PARAMETERS AND SPATIALIZE THE
MODEL, THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
SATELLITE IMAGES MIGHT BE VALUABLE