The covariation of Northern Hemisphere summertime CO2 with surface temperature in boreal regions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9447-9459

  Wunch, D ^a   Wennberg, P O ^a   Messerschmidt, J ^a   Parazoo, N C ^a,b   Toon, G C ^a   Deutscher, N M ^c   Keppel Aleks, G ^d   Roehl, C M ^a   Randerson, J T ^d   Warneke, T ^c   Notholt, J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884649512     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9447-2013     Document Type: Article

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