Identification and characterization of abrupt changes in the land uptake of carbon

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Beaulieu, Claudie ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^a   Mikaloff Fletcher, Sara E ^b   Chen, Jie ^c   Medvigy, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON SINK; CARBON UPTAKE; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; INFORMATION CRITERION; MAUNA LOA; OCEAN MODEL; P-VALUES; SCHWARZ; SOUTH POLE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; VISUAL INSPECTION; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; VOLCANOES;

CARBON;

AEROSOL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862909193     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB004024     Document Type: Article

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