Methyl bromide: Ocean sources, ocean sinks, and climate sensitivity

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-190

  Anbar, A D ^a,c   Yung, Y L ^a   Chavez, F P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; METHYL BROMIDE; OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE FLUX; SINK; SOURCE;

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; BROMINE; CHLOROPHYLL; METHYL BROMIDE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-20; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-20; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BROMINE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029657737     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GB02743     Document Type: Article

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