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Remarks on the use of 13C and 18O isotopes in Atmospheric CO2 to Quantify biospheric carbon fluxes

Ciais, Philippe ; Cuntz, Matthias ; Scholze, Marko LU ; Mouillot, Florent ; Peylin, Philippe and Gitz, Vincent (2005) p.235-267
Abstract

This chapter uses the mass-conservation equations for CO2 and its isotopomers 13CO2 and CO18O that can be used to infer globally biospheric and oceanic net fluxes in the case of 18C, and gross terrestrial biospheric fluxes in the case of 18O. The quantitative use of atmospheric measurements of 13C and 18O in CO2 to better constrain those fluxes requires knowledge of various processes specific to each isotopomer. The chapter is divided into two parts, one on each isotope. For 13C, it reviews existing work that calculated isofluxes either using global estimates or derived isofluxes from spatially and temporally explicit models. In... (More)

This chapter uses the mass-conservation equations for CO2 and its isotopomers 13CO2 and CO18O that can be used to infer globally biospheric and oceanic net fluxes in the case of 18C, and gross terrestrial biospheric fluxes in the case of 18O. The quantitative use of atmospheric measurements of 13C and 18O in CO2 to better constrain those fluxes requires knowledge of various processes specific to each isotopomer. The chapter is divided into two parts, one on each isotope. For 13C, it reviews existing work that calculated isofluxes either using global estimates or derived isofluxes from spatially and temporally explicit models. In addition, it estimates the magnitude of new isofluxes that were not addressed in former studies. These cover the effects of biomass burning, rock weathering and volcanism, and the oxidation of reduced carbon gases into CO2 within the atmosphere.

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Stable Isotopes and Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions : Processes and Biological Controls - Processes and Biological Controls
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10.1016/B978-012088447-6/50014-3
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  abstract     = {{<p>This chapter uses the mass-conservation equations for CO<sub>2</sub> and its isotopomers <sup>13</sup>CO<sub>2</sub> and CO<sup>18</sup>O that can be used to infer globally biospheric and oceanic net fluxes in the case of <sup>18</sup>C, and gross terrestrial biospheric fluxes in the case of <sup>18</sup>O. The quantitative use of atmospheric measurements of <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>18</sup>O in CO<sub>2</sub> to better constrain those fluxes requires knowledge of various processes specific to each isotopomer. The chapter is divided into two parts, one on each isotope. For <sup>13</sup>C, it reviews existing work that calculated isofluxes either using global estimates or derived isofluxes from spatially and temporally explicit models. In addition, it estimates the magnitude of new isofluxes that were not addressed in former studies. These cover the effects of biomass burning, rock weathering and volcanism, and the oxidation of reduced carbon gases into CO<sub>2</sub> within the atmosphere.</p>}},
  author       = {{Ciais, Philippe and Cuntz, Matthias and Scholze, Marko and Mouillot, Florent and Peylin, Philippe and Gitz, Vincent}},
  booktitle    = {{Stable Isotopes and Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions : Processes and Biological Controls}},
  isbn         = {{9780120884476}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{235--267}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  title        = {{Remarks on the use of <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>18</sup>O isotopes in Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> to Quantify biospheric carbon fluxes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-012088447-6/50014-3}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/B978-012088447-6/50014-3}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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