Process based simulation of the European terrestrial biosphere [Elektronische Ressource] : an evaluation of present-day and future terrestrial carbon balance estimates and their uncertainty / Sönke Zaehle

Process-based simulation of the Europeanterrestrial biosphereAn evaluation of present-day and future terrestrial carbon balance estimates and theiruncertaintyS˜ onke ZaehleInstitut fur˜ Geo˜ okologieundPotsdam Institut fur˜ Klimafolgenforschung e.V.Process-based simulation of the Europeanterrestrial biosphereAn evaluation of present-day and future terrestrial carbon balance estimates and theiruncertaintyS˜ onke ZaehleDissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades\doctor rerum naturalium"(Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin \Geo˜ okologie"eingereicht an derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult˜atder Universit˜at PotsdamPotsdam, den 4. April 2005Institut fur˜ Geo˜ okologieundPotsdam Institut fur˜ Klimafolgenforschung e.V.Models are undeniably beautiful, and a manmay justly be proud to be seen in their com-pany. But they may have their hidden vices.The question is, after all, not only whetherthey are good to look at, but whether we canlive happily with them.(A. Kaplan)ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFirst of all, said Bilbo, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, andthat eleventy-one years is too short a time to live amongst such excellent andadmirable hobbits. I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and Ilike less than half of you half as well as you deserve.(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings)† Prof. Dr.