Nitrogen and oxygen isotopomeric constraints on the origins and sea-to-air flux of N2O in the obligotrophic subtropical North Pacific gyre

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 12-1

  Popp, Brian N ^a   Westley, Marian B ^a   Toyoda, Sakae ^b,c   Miwa, Tatsuya ^b,d   Dore, John E ^a   Yoshida, Naohiro ^b,c   Rust, Terri M ^a   Sansone, Francis J ^a   Russ, Mary E ^e   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^e   Ostrom, Peggy H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopomers; N2O; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Sea to air flux; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GYRE; MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0012622474     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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