An improved method for detecting anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 809-837

  Gruber, Nicolas ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^b   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON TRACER; OCEAN; TRACER;

EID: 0030427809     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GB01608     Document Type: Article

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