Nitrous oxide and methane during the 1994 SW monsoon in the Arabian Sea/northwestern Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 30067-30084

  Upstill Goddard, Robert C ^a   Barnes, Jonathan ^a   Owens, Nicholas J P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GAS EMISSION; GAS EXCHANGE; INDIAN OCEAN; METHANE; MONSOON; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONALITY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANE; MONSOON; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TRACE GAS;

(NORTHWEST); ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033573580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900232     Document Type: Article

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