Nature Communications (Feb 2016)
Top–down assessment of the Asian carbon budget since the mid 1990s
- R. L. Thompson,
- P. K. Patra,
- F. Chevallier,
- S. Maksyutov,
- R. M. Law,
- T. Ziehn,
- I. T. van der Laan-Luijkx,
- W. Peters,
- A. Ganshin,
- R. Zhuravlev,
- T. Maki,
- T. Nakamura,
- T. Shirai,
- M. Ishizawa,
- T. Saeki,
- T. Machida,
- B. Poulter,
- J. G. Canadell,
- P. Ciais
Affiliations
- R. L. Thompson
- Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning (NILU)
- P. K. Patra
- Department of Environmental Geochemical Cycle Research, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- F. Chevallier
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l’Environnement (LSCE, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)
- S. Maksyutov
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
- R. M. Law
- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- T. Ziehn
- Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- I. T. van der Laan-Luijkx
- Department of Meteorology and Air Quality, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University (WU)
- W. Peters
- Department of Meteorology and Air Quality, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University (WU)
- A. Ganshin
- Department of Upper Atmospheric Layers Physics, Central Aerological Observatory (CAO)
- R. Zhuravlev
- Department of Upper Atmospheric Layers Physics, Central Aerological Observatory (CAO)
- T. Maki
- Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)
- T. Nakamura
- Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
- T. Shirai
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
- M. Ishizawa
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
- T. Saeki
- Department of Environmental Geochemical Cycle Research, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- T. Machida
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
- B. Poulter
- Institute on Ecosystems and Department of Ecology, Montana State University (MSU)
- J. G. Canadell
- Global Carbon Project, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- P. Ciais
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l’Environnement (LSCE, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10724
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Land biosphere uptake of carbon is important in mitigating the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2and its climate forcing. Here, the authors show that land biosphere uptake of carbon in Asia has increased substantially since the mid 1990s, likely owing to reforestation and regional climate change.