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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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