Response of the Amazon carbon balance to the 2010 drought derived with CarbonTracker South America

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1092-1108

  Van Der Laan Luijkx, I T ^a   Van Der Velde, I R ^a   Krol, M C ^a,b,c   Gatti, L V ^d   Domingues, L G ^d   Correia, C S C ^d   Miller, J B ^e,f   Gloor, M ^g   Van Leeuwen, T T ^b,c,h   Kaiser, J W ⁱ   Wiedinmyer, C ^j   Basu, S ^e,f   Clerbaux, C ^k   Peters, W ^a,l  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Amazon; biomass burning; carbon balance; CO2< inf>; drought; net biome exchange

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BIOME; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

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EID: 84939137247     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005082     Document Type: Article

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