Simulations of terrestrial carbon metabolism and atmospheric CO2 in a general circulation model: Part 1: Surface carbon fluxes

A. Scott Denning; G. James Collatz; Changan Zhang; David A. Randall; Joseph A. Berry; Piers J. Sellers; Greg D. Colello; Donald A. Dazlich

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v48i4.15930

Simulations of terrestrial carbon metabolism and atmospheric CO2 in a general circulation model: Part 1: Surface carbon fluxes

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 48 (1996): Issue 4

By: A. Scott Denning, G. James Collatz, Changan Zhang, David A. Randall, Joseph A. Berry, Piers J. Sellers, Greg D. Colello and Donald A. Dazlich

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