Variability of pC02 on diel to seasonal timescales in the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15567-15585

  Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Takahashi, Taro ^b   Chipman, David W ^b   Knap, Anthony H ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0001552834     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(ISSN)2156-2202c     Document Type: Article

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