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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-861-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-861-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Attaining whole-ecosystem warming using air and deep-soil heating methods with an elevated CO2 atmosphere
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Jeffery S. Riggs
Integrated Operations Support Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
W. Robert Nettles
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Jana R. Phillips
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Misha B. Krassovski
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Leslie A. Hook
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Lianhong Gu
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Andrew D. Richardson
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Donald M. Aubrecht
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Daniel M. Ricciuto
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Jeffrey M. Warren
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Charlotte Barbier
Instrument and Source Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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SPRUCE Whole Ecosystems Warming (WEW) Environmental Data Beginning August 2015 P. J. Hanson, J. S. Riggs, W. R. Nettles, M. B. Krassovski, and L. A. Hook http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/spruce.032
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This paper describes operational methods to achieve whole-ecosystem warming (WEW) for tall-stature, high-carbon, boreal forest peatlands. The methods enable scientists to study immediate and longer-term (1 decade) responses of organisms (microbes to trees) and ecosystem functions (carbon, water and nutrient cycles). The WEW technology allows researchers to have a plausible glimpse of future environmental conditions for study that are not available in the current observational record.
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