The role of vegetation in the CO2 flux from a tropical urban neighbourhood

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10185-10202

  Velasco, E ^a   Roth, M ^b   Tan, S H ^b   Quak, M ^b   Nabarro, S D A ^c   Norford, L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

POACEAE;

EID: 84886895175     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10185-2013     Document Type: Article

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