Carbon cycle extremes during the 21st century in CMIP5 models: Future evolution and attribution to climatic drivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 8853-8861

  Zscheischler, Jakob ^a   Reichstein, Markus ^a   Von Buttlar, Jannis ^a   Mu, Mingquan ^b   Randerson, James T ^b   Mahecha, Miguel D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; CMIP5; extreme events

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FORESTRY;

CARBON CYCLES; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; EXTREME EVENTS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84921751040     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062409     Document Type: Article

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