Influence of El Nino on the equatorial pacific contribution to atmospheric CO2 accumulation

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6728, 1999, Pages 597-601

  Feely, Richard A ^a   Wanninkhof, Rik ^b   Takahashi, Taro ^c   Tans, Pieter ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOSPHERE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0033560853     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19273     Document Type: Article

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