A multiple-scale simulation of variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide using a coupled biosphere-atmospheric model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Nicholls, Melville E ^a   Denning, A Scott ^a   Prihodko, Lara ^a   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^b   Baker, Ian ^a   Davis, Kenneth ^c   Bakwin, Peter ^d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere; Carbon budgets; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide fluxes; Missing sink; Regional scale modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 10244253898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004482     Document Type: Article

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