Response of global soil consumption of atmospheric methane to changes in atmospheric climate and nitrogen deposition

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 650-663

  Zhuang, Qianlai ^a,b,c   Chen, Min ^a   Xu, Kai ^a   Tang, Jinyun ^a   Saikawa, Eri ^c   Lu, Yanyu ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^d   Prinn, Ronald G ^c   McGuire, A David ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric methane; atmospheric transport and chemistry model; biogeochemistry model; methanotrophy; nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; MIXING; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CHEMISTRY MODELING; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; METHANOTROPHY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WOODLAND;

EID: 84881282728     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20057     Document Type: Article

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