Modeling impacts of changes in temperature and water table on C gas fluxes in an Alaskan peatland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1279-1295

  Deng, Jia ^a   Li, Changsheng ^a   Frolking, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

CH4 flux; DNDC; NEE; peatlands; temperature; water table

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEN; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939257983     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002880     Document Type: Article

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