Variability and recent trends in the African terrestrial carbon balance

We modeled the African terrestrial carbon balance over the past century using a spatially resolved process based vegetation model (ORCHIDEE). The model is forced by changing climate and by human-induced changes in land use. It includes a simple parameterization of natural fires, but the natural vege...

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Main Authors: P. Ciais, S.-L. Piao, P. Cadule, P. Friedlingstein, A. Chédin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-09-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1935/2009/bg-6-1935-2009.pdf