Spatial variation in regional CO2 exchange for the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska over the summer growing season

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 930-941

  Vourlitis, George L ^a,b   Verfaillie, Joseph ^b   Oechel, Walter C ^b   Hope, Allen ^c   Stow, Douglas ^c   Engstrom, Ryan ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ecophysiology; Eddy covariance; Global change; Trace gas flux; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TUNDRA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037743681     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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