The central and eastern Arabian Sea as a perennial source of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Sarma, V V S S ^a   Dileep Kumar, M ^a   George, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MONSOON;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0031749689     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v50i2.16095     Document Type: Article

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