European land CO2 sink influenced by NAO and East-Atlantic Pattern coupling

Ana Bastos; Ivan A. Janssens; Célia M. Gouveia; Ricardo M. Trigo; Philippe Ciais; Frédéric Chevallier; Josep Peñuelas; Christian Rödenbeck; Shilong Piao; Pierre Friedlingstein; Steven W. Running

doi:10.1038/ncomms10315

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

European land CO2 sink influenced by NAO and East-Atlantic Pattern coupling

Ana Bastos,
Ivan A. Janssens,
Célia M. Gouveia,
Ricardo M. Trigo,
Philippe Ciais,
Frédéric Chevallier,
Josep Peñuelas,
Christian Rödenbeck,
Shilong Piao,
Pierre Friedlingstein,
Steven W. Running

Affiliations

Ana Bastos: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Ivan A. Janssens: Department of Biology, University of Antwerp
Célia M. Gouveia: Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Ricardo M. Trigo: Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Philippe Ciais: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Frédéric Chevallier: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Josep Peñuelas: CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès
Christian Rödenbeck: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Shilong Piao: Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Pierre Friedlingstein: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
Steven W. Running: Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10315
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The relationship between terrestrial carbon sinks and atmospheric modes of variability remains uncertain. Here, the authors show that the coupling of the North Atlantic Oscillation and East-Atlantic patterns explains variations in the European CO2sink from 1982 to 2012.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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