Assessing the impact of crops on regional CO2 fluxes and atmospheric concentrations

K. D. Corbin; A. S. Denning; E. Y. Lokupitiya; A. E. Schuh; N. L. Miles; K. J. Davis; S. Richardson; I. T. Baker

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00485.x

Assessing the impact of crops on regional CO2 fluxes and atmospheric concentrations

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5

By: K. D. Corbin, A. S. Denning, E. Y. Lokupitiya, A. E. Schuh, N. L. Miles, K. J. Davis, S. Richardson and I. T. Baker

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00485.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 521 - 532

Submitted on: Dec 22, 2009

Accepted on: Jun 30, 2010

Published on: Jan 1, 2010

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© 2010 K. D. Corbin, A. S. Denning, E. Y. Lokupitiya, A. E. Schuh, N. L. Miles, K. J. Davis, S. Richardson, I. T. Baker, published by Stockholm University Press
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