Partitioning of the global fossil CO2 sink using a 19-year trend in atmospheric O2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1897-1900

  Langenfelds, R L ^a,d   Francey, R J ^a   Steele, L P ^a   Battle, M ^b   Keeling, R F ^c   Budd, W F ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; CARBON; FUEL STORAGE;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; FOSSIL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AUSTRALIA;

CRITICAL SELECTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

EID: 0032757159     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900446     Document Type: Article

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