What have we learned from intensive atmospheric sampling field programs of CO2?
Publication information:
J. C. Lin, C. Gerbig, S. C. Wofsy, B. C. Daube, D. M. Matross, V. Y. Chow, E. Gottlieb, A. E. Andrews, M. Pathmathevan, and J. W. Munger. 2006. “What Have We Learned from Intensive Atmospheric Sampling Field Programs of CO2? ”. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 58, 5, Pp. 331-43
Abstract
The spatial and temporal gradients in atmospheric CO2 contain signatures of carbon fluxes, and as part of inverse studies, these signatures have been combined with atmospheric models to infer carbon sources and sinks. However, such studies have yet to yield finer-scale, regional fluxes over the continent that can be linked to ecosystem processes and ground-based observations. The reasons for this gap are twofold: lack of atmospheric observations over the continent and model deficiencies in interpreting such observations.