The European land and inland water CO2, CO, CH4 and N2O balance between 2001 and 2005

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3357-3380

  Luyssaert, S ^a   Abril, G ^b   Andres, R ^c   Bastviken, D ^d   Bellassen, V ^a   Bergamaschi, P ^e   Bousquet, P ^a   Chevallier, F ^a   Ciais, P ^a   Corazza, M ^e   Dechow, R ^f   Erb, K H ^g   Etiope, G ^h   Fortems Cheiney, A ^a   Grassi, G ^e   Hartmann, J ⁱ   Jung, M ^j   Lathiere J ^a   Lohila, A ^k   Mayorga, E ^l   Moosdorf, N ⁱ   Njakou, D S ^m   Otto, J ^a   Papale, D ⁿ   Peters, W ^o   Peylin, P ^a   Raymond, P ^p   Rodenbeck C ^j   Saarnio, S ^q   Schulze, E D ^j   Szopa, S ^a   Thompson, R ^a   Verkerk, P J ^r   Vuichard, N ^a   Wang, R ^s   Wattenbach, M ^t   Zaehle, S ^j   more..

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^h ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^k FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^o WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^r EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^s PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865715640     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3357-2012     Document Type: Article

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