Evaluating atmospheric CO2 inversions at multiple scales over a highly inventoried agricultural landscape

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1424-1439

  Schuh, Andrew E ^a   Lauvaux, Thomas ^b   West, Tristram O ^c   Denning, A Scott ^d   Davis, Kenneth J ^b   Miles, Natasha ^b   Richardson, Scott ^b   Uliasz, Marek ^d   Lokupitiya, Erandathie ^e   Cooley, Daniel ^a   Andrews, Arlyn ^f   Ogle, Stephen ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Atmospheric inversions; Carbon cycle; CO2 emissions; Inventory; Mid Continent Intensive

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MIXING RATIO;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SOYBEAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875830512     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12141     Document Type: Article

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