Permafrost thaw and resulting soil moisture changes regulate projected high-latitude CO2 and CH4 emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Lawrence, D M ^a   Koven, C D ^b   Swenson, S C ^a   Riley, W J ^b   Slater, A G ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

carbonwater interactions; permafrost climate carbon feedback; permafrost hydrology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DRYING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; THAWING;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; INDUCED TRANSITIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; PERMAFROST HYDROLOGY;

PERMAFROST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; LATITUDE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMAFROST; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING;

EID: 84945206122     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094011     Document Type: Article

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