Grain Yield Observations Constrain Cropland CO2 Fluxes Over Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3238-3259

  Combe, M ^a   deWit A J W ^b   Vila GueraudeArellano J ^b   vanderMolen M K ^b   Magliulo, V ^c   Peters, W ^b,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; CO2; cropland; inverse modeling; net ecosystem exchange; optimization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TIMESCALE;

EUROPE;

EID: 85039756488     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017JG003937     Document Type: Article

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