Nonlinearity of land carbon sensitivities in climate change simulations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 259-274

  Tachiiri, Kaoru ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^a,b   Hajima, Tomohiro ^a   Hargreaves, Julia C ^a   Annan, James D ^a   Kawamiya, Michio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NONLINEARITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84864239965     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A13     Document Type: Article

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