Estimating the seasonal carbon source-sink geography of a natural, steady-state terrestrial biosphere

Journal Article · Thu Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Clim. Appl. Meteorol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1988)027<1109:ETSCSS>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6281427

Box, E O

The estimation of the seasonal dynamics of bioshperic-carbon sources and sinks to be used as an input to global atmospheric CO/sub 2/ 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 CO/sub 2/ in boreal latitudes, the enormous contributions of tropical wet- dry regions to global atmospheric CO/sub 2/ seasonality can not be ignored.

• Research Organization: Georgia University, Athens
• OSTI ID: 6281427
• Journal Information: J. Clim. Appl. Meteorol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Clim. Appl. Meteorol.; (United States) Vol. 27; ISSN JCAME
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR-BIOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
BOREAL REGIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBON SINKS
CARBON SOURCES
CHALCOGENIDES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SINKS
VARIATIONS