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Spatial and temporal patterns of CO[subscript 2] and CH[subscript 4] fluxes in China's croplands in response to multifactor environmental changes

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REN, WEI; TIAN, HANQIN; XU, XIAOFENG; LIU, MINGLIANG; LU, CHAOQUN; CHEN, GUANGSHENG; Melillo, Jerry M.; LIU, JIYUAN; Reilly, John M.; ... Show more Show less
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The spatial and temporal patterns of CO[subscript 2] and CH[subscript 4] fluxes in China's croplands were investigated and attributed to multifactor environmental changes using the agricultural module of the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM), a highly integrated process-based ecosystem model. During 1980–2005 modelled results indicated that China's croplands acted as a carbon sink with an average carbon sequestration rate of 33.4 TgC yr[superscript -1] (1 Tg = 10[superscript 12] g). Both the highest net CO[subscript 2] uptake rate and the largest CH[subscript 4] emission rate were found in southeast region of China's croplands. Of primary influences were land-cover and land-use change, atmospheric CO[subscript 2] and nitrogen deposition, which accounted for 76%, 42% and 17% of the total carbon sequestration in China's croplands during the study period, respectively. The total carbon losses due to elevated ozone and climate variability/change were equivalent to 27% and 9% of the total carbon sequestration, respectively. Our further analysis indicated that nitrogen fertilizer application accounted for 60% of total national carbon uptake in cropland, whereas changes in paddy field areas mainly determined the variability of CH[subscript 4] emissions. Our results suggest that improving air quality by means such as reducing ozone concentration and optimizing agronomic practices can enhance carbon sequestration capacity of China's croplands.
Date issued
2011-04
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89000
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change; Sloan School of Management
Journal
Tellus B
Publisher
Co-Action Publishing
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REN, WEI, HANQIN TIAN, XIAOFENG XU, MINGLIANG LIU, CHAOQUN LU, GUANGSHENG CHEN, JERRY MELILLO, JOHN REILLY, and JIYUAN LIU. “Spatial and temporal patterns of CO[subscript 2] and CH[subscript 4] fluxes in China's croplands in response to multifactor environmental changes.” Tellus B 63, no. 2 (April 2011): 222–240.
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02806509
1600-0889

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