Five years of carbon dioxide fluxes measurements in a highly vegetated suburban area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 896-905

  Crawford, Ben ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^b   Christen, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon dioxide; CO2; Fossil fuel emissions; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Suburban; Urban

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CO2; FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS; RESPIRATION; SUBURBAN; URBAN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE CHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBURBAN AREA; WIND DIRECTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBURBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WIND; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650978993     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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