The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program: Background, rationale and field implementation

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 129-156

  Karl, David M ^a   Lukas, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; HAWAII OCEAN TIME-SERIES; HOT PROGRAMME; LONG-TERM RECORDS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; RATIONALE; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC, HOT SITE; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0029729552     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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