Carbon-nitrogen interactions regulate climate-carbon cycle feedbacks: Results from an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2099-2120

  Thornton, P E ^a   Doney, S C ^b   Lindsay, K ^c   Moore, J K ^d   Mahowald, N ^e   Randerson, J T ^d   Fung, I ^f   Lamarque, J F ^g,h   Feddema, J J ⁱ   Lee, Y H ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DECOMPOSITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWTH RESPONSE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRACER; TROPICAL REGION; WARMING;

EID: 70849131112     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2099-2009     Document Type: Article

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