A model based investigation of the relative importance of CO2-fertilization, climate warming, nitrogen deposition and land use change on the global terrestrial carbon uptake in the historical period

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 173-190

  Devaraju, N ^a   Bala, G ^a   Caldeira, K ^b   Nemani, R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 fertilization; Land use land cover change; Net primary productivity; Nitrogen deposition; Terrestrial carbon uptake

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEPOSITION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; WARMING;

EID: 84940880130     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2830-8     Document Type: Article

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