Methane in the northern Atlantic controlled by microbial oxidation and atmospheric history

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 587-590

  Rehder, Gregor ^a   Keir, Robin S ^a   Suess, Erwin ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a,b,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; MIXING; SURFACE WATERS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; DISSOLVED METHANE; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER FORMATIONS; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION OF METHANE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC HISTORY; ATMOSPHERIC MIXING RATIO; MICROBIAL OXIDATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033104665     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900049     Document Type: Article

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