Palaeodata-informed modelling of large carbon losses from recent burning of boreal forests

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-82

  Kelly, Ryan ^a   Genet, Hélène ^b   McGuire, A David ^b   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; WILDFIRE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951336000     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2832     Document Type: Article

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