Sensitivities of the australian terrestrial water and carbon balances to climate change and variability

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-291

  Raupach, M R ^a   Haverd, V ^a   Briggs, P R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Climate change; Climate variability; Sensitivity; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885185323     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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