Regional trends in terrestrial carbon exchange and their seasonal signatures

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-339

  Gurney, Kevin R ^a   Eckels, Warren J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 79959679755     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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