Impulse response functions of terrestrial carbon cycle models: Method and application

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-394

  Thompson, Matthew V ^a,c   Randerson, James T ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon; Impulse response; Isodisequilibrium; Sink; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK;

EID: 0032800525     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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