Old-growth CO 2 flux measurements reveal high sensitivity to climate anomalies across seasonal, annual and decadal time scales

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Wharton, S ^a   Falk, M ^b   Bible, K ^c   Schroeder, M ^c   Paw U, K T ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 flux; ENSO; FLUXNET; Interannual variability; Long term fluxes; Net ecosystem exchange; PDO; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TIMESCALE; WATER FLOW;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84859633754     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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