Articles | Volume 12, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5211-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5211-2015
Research article
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07 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2015

Controls on terrestrial carbon feedbacks by productivity versus turnover in the CMIP5 Earth System Models

C. D. Koven, J. Q. Chambers, K. Georgiou, R. Knox, R. Negron-Juarez, W. J. Riley, V. K. Arora, V. Brovkin, P. Friedlingstein, and C. D. Jones

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AR by Charles Koven on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2015)
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Terrestrial carbon feedbacks are a large uncertainty in climate change. We separate modeled feedback responses into those governed by changed carbon inputs (productivity) and changed outputs (turnover). The disaggregated responses show that both are important in controlling inter-model uncertainty. Interactions between productivity and turnover are also important, and research must focus on these interactions for more accurate projections of carbon cycle feedbacks.
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