Impact of large-scale climate extremes on biospheric carbon fluxes: An intercomparison based on MsTMIP data

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 585-600

  Zscheischler, Jakob ^a,b,c   Michalak, Anna M ^b   Schwalm, Christopher ^d   Mahecha, Miguel D ^a   Huntzinger, Deborah N ^d   Reichstein, Markus ^a   Berthier, Gwenaëlle ^e   Ciais, Philippe ^e   Cook, Robert B ^f   El Masri, Bassil ^g   Huang, Maoyi ^h   Ito, Akihiko ⁱ   Jain, Atul ^g   King, Anthony ^f   Lei, Huimin ^j,l   Lu, Chaoqun ^k   Mao, Jiafu ^g   Peng, Shushi ^e   Poulter, Benjamin ^m   Ricciuto, Daniel ^f   Shi, Xiaoying ^g   Tao, Bo ^k   Tian, Hanqin ^k,l   Viovy, Nicolas ^e   Wang, Weile ⁿ   Wei, Yaxing ^g   Yang, Jia ^k   Zeng, Ning ^o   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^j TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^m MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^o University of Maryland   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

climate extremes; extreme events; model intercomparison; MsTMIP; spatiotemporal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; EXTREME EVENTS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; MSTMIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84901731308     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004826     Document Type: Article

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