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Constraints on the global carbon budget from variations in total column carbon dioxide
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Diagnosing the patterns and trends in the flux of carbon dioxide, $\mathrm{CO_2}$, between the land or ocean and the atmosphere is necessary to predict the response of the carbon cycle to climate change. Atmospheric observations of the vertically averaged mixing ratio of $\mathrm{CO_2}$, $\langle\mathrm{CO_2}\rangle$, provide a new tool that complements existing observations of boundary layer $\mathrm{CO_2}$ in constraining surface fluxes of $\mathrm{CO_2}$. This dissertation explores how variations in $\langle\mathrm{CO_2}\rangle$ arise and how these variations can be used to estimate surface fluxes. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/6479/2/gka_thesis.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |