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Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements

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  • L. V. Gatti

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • M. Gloor

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS9 2JT, UK)

  • J. B. Miller

    (Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado)

  • C. E. Doughty

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

  • Y. Malhi

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

  • L. G. Domingues

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • L. S. Basso

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • A. Martinewski

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • C. S. C. Correia

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • V. F. Borges

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN)–Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)–Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-000, Brazil)

  • S. Freitas

    (Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Rodovia Dutra, km 39, Cachoeira Paulista CEP 12630-000, Brazil)

  • R. Braz

    (Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Rodovia Dutra, km 39, Cachoeira Paulista CEP 12630-000, Brazil)

  • L. O. Anderson

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
    INPE (National Institute for Space Research), 1758 Avenida dos Astronautas, São José dos Campos CEP 12227-010, Brazil)

  • H. Rocha

    (1226 Rua do Matao, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo CEP 05508-090, Brazil)

  • J. Grace

    (Crew Building, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK)

  • O. L. Phillips

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS9 2JT, UK)

  • J. Lloyd

    (School of Tropical and Marine Biology and Centre for Terrestrial Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Queensland, Australia
    Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, Berkshire, UK)

Abstract

Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide measurements across the Amazon basin for 2010 and 2011 reveal that drought rather than temperature caused the observed halt in forest productivity during the anomalously dry year of 2010.

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  • L. V. Gatti & M. Gloor & J. B. Miller & C. E. Doughty & Y. Malhi & L. G. Domingues & L. S. Basso & A. Martinewski & C. S. C. Correia & V. F. Borges & S. Freitas & R. Braz & L. O. Anderson & H. Rocha &, 2014. "Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements," Nature, Nature, vol. 506(7486), pages 76-80, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:506:y:2014:i:7486:d:10.1038_nature12957
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12957
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