Increases in early season ecosystem uptake explain recent changes in the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2 at high northern latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2765-2768

  Randerson, J T ^a,b,c   Field, C B ^b   Fung, I Y ^a   Tans, P P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY;

EARLY SEASON ECOSYSTEM UPTAKE; HIGH NORTHERN LATITUDE; INTERANNUAL CARBON BALANCE; SEASONAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; GROWING SEASON; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SPRING TEMPERATURES; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0033397804     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900500     Document Type: Article

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