Quantifying carbon-nitrogen feedbacks in the Community Land Model (CLM4)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bonan, Gordon B ^a   Levis, Samuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON LOSS; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK; LAND USE; NITROGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND USE; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 77950477641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042430     Document Type: Article

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