Critical evaluation of micrometeorological methods for measuring ecosystem-atmosphere isotopic exchange of CO2

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 159-179

  Bowling, David R ^a   Pataki, Diane E ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic relaxed eddy accumulation; Isoflux; Isotopic fluxes; Net ecosystem exchange; Photosynthesis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0037545483     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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