The importance of interacting climate modes on Australia's contribution to global carbon cycle extremes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cleverly, James ^a   Eamus, Derek ^a   Luo, Qunying ^a   Coupe, Natalia Restrepo ^a   Kljun, Natascha ^b   Ma, Xuanlong ^a   Ewenz, Cacilia ^c   Li, Longhui ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a   Huete, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84961142037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23113     Document Type: Article

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