Global patterns and controls of soil organic carbon dynamics as simulated by multiple terrestrial biosphere models: Current status and future directions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 775-792

  Tian, Hanqin ^a   Lu, Chaoqun ^a   Yang, Jia ^a   Banger, Kamaljit ^a   Huntzinger, Deborah N ^b,c   Schwalm, Christopher R ^b,c   Michalak, Anna M ^d   Cook, Robert ^e   Ciais, Philippe ^f   Hayes, Daniel ^e   Huang, Maoyi ^g   Ito, Akihiko ^h   Jain, Atul K ⁱ   Lei, Huimin ^j   Mao, Jiafu ^e   Pan, Shufen ^a   Post, Wilfred M ^e   Peng, Shushi ^f   Poulter, Benjamin ^k   Ren, Wei ^a   Ricciuto, Daniel ^e   Schaefer, Kevin ^l   Shi, Xiaoying ^e   Tao, Bo ^a   Wang, Weile ^m   Wei, Yaxing ^e   Yang, Qichun ^a   Zhang, Bowen ^a   Zeng, Ning ⁿ   more..

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northern Arizona University   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^m NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ University of Maryland   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

belowground processes; heterotrophic respiration (Rh); mean residence time (MRT); soil carbon dynamics model; soil organic carbon (SOC); uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947130061     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005021     Document Type: Article

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