Terrestrial carbon cyle dynamics under recent and future climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1609-1628

  Matthews, H Damon ^a,b   Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Meissner, Katrin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

GREENHOUSE GAS FORCING; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY; VICTORIA EARTH SYSTEM CLIMATE MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 20544451616     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3359.1     Document Type: Article

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