Extreme events in gross primary production: A characterization across continents

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2909-2924

  Zscheischler, J ^a,b,c   Reichstein, M ^a   Harmeling, S ^b   Rammig, A ^d   Tomelleri, E ^a,e   Mahecha, M D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84904667353     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2909-2014     Document Type: Article

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