A positive carbon feedback to ENSO and volcanic aerosols in the tropical terrestrial biosphere

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gurney, Kevin R ^a   Castillo, Kendra ^b   Li, Bo ^b   Zhang, Xia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON EXCHANGE; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON LOSS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENSO INDICES; INTERCOMPARISONS; INVERSE ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGRESSION METHOD; STANDARD DEVIATION; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; TROPICAL LANDS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; VOLCANOES;

TROPICS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

ASIA; NORTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859119892     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004129     Document Type: Article

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