Testing global ocean carbon cycle models using measurements of atmospheric O2 and CO2 concentration

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-230

  Stephens, Britton B ^a   Keeling, Ralph F ^a   Heimann, Martin ^b   Six, Katharina D ^b   Murnane, Richard ^c   Caldeira, Ken ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL OCEAN CARBON CYCLE; OXYGEN;

EID: 0031728432     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB03500     Document Type: Article

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