On the variation of regional CO2 exchange over temperate and boreal North America

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 991-1000

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Gurney, Kevin R ^a   Peylin, Philippe ^b   Chevallier, Frédéric ^b   Law, Rachel M ^c   Patra, Prabir K ^e   Rayner, Peter J ^d   Röedenbeck, Christian ^f   Krol, Maarten ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; carbon feedback; carbon climate relationship; climate change; CO2 inversion; global change type drought

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIP; CO2 INVERSION; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NET CARBON EXCHANGES; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884771779     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20091     Document Type: Article

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