Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Testing a silver bullet: evaluation of mechanisms that link COS and 18O in CO2 to gross ecosystem uptake of CO2

Profiles

People

David Noone, Max Berkelhammer, John Miller , Colm Sweeny, Dan Yakir

Year Awarded

2012

Type

IRP

Affiliation

GML, UCB: ATOC

Geography

CIRES

Current model estimates for terrestrial ecosystem photosynthetic uptake (GPP) vary widely at local, regional, and global scales. Atmospheric measurements of carbonyl sulfide (COS) and the oxygen isotopic ratio in carbon dioxide (CO2) give us the chance to independently constrain GPP.