Positive impacts of precipitation intensity on monthly CO2 fluxes in North America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-214

  Wu, Chaoyang ^a,b   Chen, Jing M ^b   Desai, Ankur R ^c   Lafleur, Peter M ^d   Verma, Shashi B ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross ecosystem production; Leaf area index; North America; Precipitation pattern

Indexed keywords

BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATE FACTORS; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIONS; LEAF AREA INDEX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REGRESSION LINES; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM SURGE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84869137817     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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