Reconciling apparent inconsistencies in estimates of terrestrial CO2 sources and sinks

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 345-363

  House, J I ^a   Prentice, I C ^a   Ramankutty, N ^b   Houghton, R A ^c   Heimann, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0038244908     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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