A regional high-resolution carbon flux inversion of North America for 2004

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1625-1644

  Schuh, A E ^a   Denning, A S ^a   Corbin, K D ^a,d   Baker, I T ^a   Uliasz, M ^a   Parazoo, N ^a   Andrews, A E ^b   Worthy, D E J ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DATA INVERSION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; LAND USE; MIXING RATIO; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESPIRATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77952895188     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1625-2010     Document Type: Article

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