The role of closed ecological systems in carbon cycle modelling

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 709-716

  Milcu, Alexandru ^a   Lukac, Martin ^a,b   Ineson, Phil ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOSED ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL IMPACTS; MATERIALLY CLOSED; PHYSICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; MODELS;

CARBON;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENERGETICS; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 84860920474     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0234-2     Document Type: Article

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