The carbon balance from an atmospheric perspective Inverse modeling of regional biospheric CO2 fluxes
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The climate system is warming, and a key factor in this change of the climate system is the increase of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses, which alter the balance of incoming and outgoing energy at the surface (Solomon et al., 2007). The most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2) and the uptake of carbon by the biosphere is a substantial component affecting, and mitigating, climate change (e.g. Canadell et al., 2007, Dolman et al., 2010).
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