Vertical profiles of CO2 above eastern Amazonia suggest a net carbon flux to the atmosphere and balanced biosphere between 2000 and 2009

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-594

  Gatti, L V ^a   Miller, J B ^b,c   D'amelio, M T S ^a   Martinewski, A ^a   Basso, L S ^a   Gloor, M E ^d   Wofsy, S ^e   Tans, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GREENHOUSE GAS; VEGETATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AMAZONIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77958545914     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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