Accelerating carbon uptake in the Northern Hemisphere: evidence from the interhemispheric difference of atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Yuxuan Wang; Mingwei Li; Lulu Shen

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20334

Accelerating carbon uptake in the Northern Hemisphere: evidence from the interhemispheric difference of atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Yuxuan Wang, Mingwei Li and Lulu Shen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20334 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 20334 - 20334

Submitted on: Dec 25, 2012

Accepted on: Oct 3, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

CO₂,

interhemispheric difference,

carbon uptake,

carbon sink,

fossil fuel emissions,

interhemispheric exchange

© 2013 Yuxuan Wang, Mingwei Li, Lulu Shen, published by Stockholm University Press
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