Net ecosystem exchange of CO2 with rapidly changing high Arctic landscapes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1185-1200

  Emmerton, Craig A ^a   St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Humphreys, Elyn R ^b   Gamon, John A ^a   Barker, Joel D ^c   Pastorello, Gilberto Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; NDVI; Carbon dioxide; Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Gross primary production; High Arctic; Landsat; Net ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY COVARIANCE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODIS; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION;

ARCTIC;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARCTIC; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NUNAVUT; SEASON;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NUNAVUT; SEASONS;

EID: 84959524201     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13064     Document Type: Article

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