Inorganic carbon fluxes through the boundaries of the Greenland Sea Basin based on in situ observations and water transport estimates

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-309

  Chierici, Melissa ^a   Drange, Helge ^b   Anderson, Leif G ^a   Johannessen, Truls ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Greenland Sea; Inorganic carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON BUDGET; INORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

GREENLAND SEA;

EID: 0032693503     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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