Agricultural Green Revolution as a driver of increasing atmospheric CO 2 seasonal amplitude

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7527, 2014, Pages 394-397

  Zeng, Ning ^a   Zhao, Fang ^a   Collatz, George J ^b   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a   Salawitch, Ross J ^a   West, Tristram O ^c   Guanter, Luis ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREEN REVOLUTION; GROWING SEASON; LAND USE CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPLAND; DROUGHT; FERTILIZATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EFFICIENCY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; SEASONS;

EID: 84911488459     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13893     Document Type: Article

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