The warm oceanic surface layer: Implications for CO2 fluxes and surface gas measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3575-3578

  McNeil, Craig L ^a,b   Merlivat, Liliane ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; SKIN EFFECT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND;

SURFACE GAS MEASUREMENT; WARM OCEANIC SURFACE LAYER;

OCEAN STRUCTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA FLUX; AIR/SEA FLUX; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA SURFACE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE GAS MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE LAYERS; WARMING;

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; COOLING CYCLE; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXCHANGE MECHANISM; NEAR SURFACES; SURFACE LAYERS; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030441371     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03426     Document Type: Article

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