Table 1. Inter-annual variation of micrometeorological and physico-chemical properties (total inorganic nitrogen (TIN), total inorganic phosphorus (TIP), pore water salinity (S) and organic carbon, (OC) of soil. (mean±standard deviation)
Table 2. Results of model calculation for micrometeorological constants (aerodynamic resistance, r a, surface layer resistance, r s, friction velocity, u*, exchange velocity, V c, correction function, ψc, roughness height, Z 0, reciprocal of Obukhov Scale length, 1/L, thermal diffusivity, K, CO2 molecular diffusivity and surface transfer function, B−1
Fig. 1
Box model of the flow of carbon between the reservoirs and representing processes in the Sundarban forest.
Fig. 2
Monthly variation of organic carbon in above-ground biomass (AGB), below-ground biomass and soil organic carbon (Ms) during the period between June 2009 and 2011.
Fig. 3
Monthly variation of (a) biosphere–atmosphere exchange of CO2 –C, (b) litter fall (F FS) and soil emission (F SA) during the period between June, 2009 and 2011.
Table 3. Regression equations between the fluxes and the reservoirs
Fig. 4
Variation of reservoirs M F (above- and below-ground biomass), M S (soil) content in response to the change of CO2 concentration in the boundary layer.
Table 4. VARIMAX-rotated factor loading matrix for biomass with atmospheric CO2 (ppmv), air temperature (T) and soil parameters (salinity, S; total inorganic phosphate, TIP; total inorganic nitrogen, TIN; organic carbon, OC)