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Reply to: Autumn cooling paused increased net CO2 release in central Eurasia

Nature Climate Change volume 13, pages 338–340 (2023)Cite this article

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The Original Article was published on 16 March 2023

replying to M. Kondo et al. Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01625-4 (2023)

In our article1, we use multiple datasets of net ecosystem exchange (NEE) to assess the impact of mid-high latitude autumnal temperature changes in the Northern Hemisphere on ecosystem carbon exchange. We found that both cooling and warming in autumn resulted in increased carbon release from the ecosystem. In their comments, Kondo et al.2 questioned the impact of the definition of ‘autumn’ on our results. We welcome these comments on our paper and address in turn each specific comment raised.

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Fig. 1: GPP seasonal ending date and November temperature, GPP and TER trend contribution from 19 flux tower sites.
Fig. 2: Interannual variability of autumn NEE and CO2.

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Atmospheric CO2 measurements data used in this study are available from the Global Environmental Dataset of the Center for Global Environmental Research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (https://db.cger.nies.go.jp/portal/geds/atmosphericAndOceanicMonitoring?lang=eng).

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The primary codes used in this study are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21931560.v2.

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Tang, R., He, B. Reply to: Autumn cooling paused increased net CO2 release in central Eurasia. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 338–340 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01626-3

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