Climatic variability in upper ocean ventilation rates diagnosed using chlorofluorocarbons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1399-1402

  Doney, Scott C ^a   Bullister, John L ^b   Wanninkhof, Rik ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; OCEAN; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GROWTH RATE; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SECTION; UPPER OCEAN VENTILATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032056431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00844     Document Type: Article

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