The carbon cycle and hurricanes in the United States between 1900 and 2011

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dahal, Devendra ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^a   Oeding, Jennifer ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HURRICANE; PROCEDURES; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIME FACTORS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902593771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05197     Document Type: Article

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