The response of CO2 flux to rain pulses at a saline desert

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 4029-4037

  Ma, Jie ^a,b   Zheng, Xin Jun ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Hysteresis; Rain pulse; Soil CO2 flux; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGETS; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; DIURNAL COURSE; DIURNAL PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; EXPONENTIAL DECAY FUNCTIONS; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; RAINFALL EVENT; SINGLE PEAK; SOIL CO; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOTAL CARBON; WAVE FORMS; WESTERN CHINA;

ARID REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYSTERESIS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

RAIN;

AMPLITUDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84871108080     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9204     Document Type: Article

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