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Estimating the seasonal carbon source-sink geography of a natural, steady-state terrestrial biosphereThe estimation of the seasonal dynamics of biospheric-carbon sources and sinks to be used as an input to global atmospheric CO2 studies and models is discussed. An ecological biosphere model is given and the advantages of the model are examined. Monthly maps of estimated biospheric carbon source and sink regions and estimates of total carbon fluxes are presented for an equilibrium terrestrial biosphere. The results are compared with those from other models. It is suggested that, despite maximum variations of atmospheric CO2 in boreal latitudes, the enormous contributions of tropical wet-dry regions to global atmospheric CO2 seasonality can not be ignored.
Document ID
19890032800
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Box, Elgene O.
(Georgia, University Athens, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Volume: 27
ISSN: 0894-8763
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
89A20171
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-516
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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