| Session 2 | 
|  | Linkages between the carbon and water cycles | 
|  | Organizer: Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
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|  | 4:00 PM | 2.1 | Recent Trends in hydrologic balance have enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink in the United States   Ramakrishna Nemani, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and M. White and S. Running
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|  | 4:15 PM | 2.2 | Effects of Large Rivers and Inundated Land on Mesoscale Circulations and Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations the Brazilian Amazon Lixin Lu, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Denning, E. Inazawa, M. A. F. Silva Dias, P. Silva Dias, R. L. Desjardins, J. Richey, M. Uliasz, and P. S. Bakwin
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|  | 4:30 PM | 2.3 | Linking seasonal inundation with ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical processes in the Amazon basin John M. Melack, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
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|  | 4:45 PM | 2.4 | The Impact of Ecosystem Drought Stress on Tropical Precipitation and Carbon Exchange Jun Liu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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|  | 5:00 PM | 2.5 | The effect of climate on inter-annual variability of terrestrial CO2 fluxes   Kevin Schaefer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Denning, N. Suits, J. Kaduk, I. Baker, S. Los, and L. Prihodko
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