Testing hypotheses about mechanisms for the unknown carbon sink: A time series analysis

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kaufmann, Robert K ^a   Stock, James H ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Unknown carbon sink

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

(EAST); EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0042739497     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001962     Document Type: Article

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