Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters
@article{Raymond2013GlobalCD, title={Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters}, author={Peter A. Raymond and Jens Hartmann and Ronny Lauerwald and Sebastian Sobek and Cory P. McDonald and Mark Hoover and David E. Butman and Robert G. Striegl and Emilio Mayorga and Christoph Humborg and Pirkko Kortelainen and Hans H. D{\"u}rr and Michel Meybeck and Philippe Ciais and Peter Guth}, journal={Nature}, year={2013}, volume={503}, pages={355-359} }
Carbon dioxide (CO2) transfer from inland waters to the atmosphere, known as CO2 evasion, is a component of the global carbon cycle. Global estimates of CO2 evasion have been hampered, however, by the lack of a framework for estimating the inland water surface area and gas transfer velocity and by the absence of a global CO2 database. Here we report regional variations in global inland water surface area, dissolved CO2 and gas transfer velocity. We obtain global CO2 evasion rates of 1.8…
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