Quantifying, understanding and managing the carbon cycle in the next decades

Climatic Change

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 147-160

  Canadell, Josep G ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^b   Cox, Peter ^c   Heimann, Martin ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON-CLIMATE SYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND USE CHANGE;

EID: 20144383727     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-004-3765-y     Document Type: Review

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