Inter-annual variability of Africa's ecosystem productivity
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The inter-annual variability of Africa’s ecosystem productivity: a multi-model analysis U. Weber, M. Jung, M. Reichstein, C. Beer, M. Braakhekke, V. Lehsten, D. Ghent, J. Kaduk, N. Viovy, P. Ciais, N. Gobron, and C. Rödenbeck Department of Forest Science and Environment,University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sweden Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK Laboratoire des Sciences du Climate et de l’ Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France European Commission – DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Global Environment Monitoring Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy Received: 4 August 2008 – Accepted: 2 September 2008 – Published: 10 October 2008 Correspondence to: U. Weber ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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