The contribution of terrestrial sources and sinks to trends in the seasonal cycle of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-560

  Randerson, James T ^a,b   Thompson, Matthew V ^a,b,c   Conway, Thomas J ^d   Fung, Inez Y ^e,f   Field, Christopher B ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; SEASONALITY; SOURCE/SINK; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0031447277     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB02268     Document Type: Article

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