Uncertainties in carbon residence time and NPP-driven carbon uptake in terrestrial ecosystems of the conterminous USA: a Bayesian approach

Xuhui Zhou; Tao Zhou; Yiqi Luo

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17223

Uncertainties in carbon residence time and NPP-driven carbon uptake in terrestrial ecosystems of the conterminous USA: a Bayesian approach

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Xuhui Zhou, Tao Zhou and Yiqi Luo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17223 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 17223 - 17223

Submitted on: Jan 17, 2012

Accepted on: Aug 20, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

carbon residence time,

carbon uptake,

conterminous USA,

inverse analysis,

MCMC,

terrestrial carbon cycle,

uncertainties

© 2012 Xuhui Zhou, Tao Zhou, Yiqi Luo, published by Stockholm University Press
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