Tropical Forest Carbon Dynamics Explain Interannual Variability of Atmospheric CO2Growth Rate

Sassan S Saatchi1, Liang Xu2, Yan Yang3, Yifan Yu4, Kevin W Bowman5 and David Schimel4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States