Spatial variability of the CO2 sink in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1801-1821

  Nelson, Norman B ^a   Bates, Nicholas R ^b   Siegel, David A ^c   Michaels, Anthony F ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXTRAPOLATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SPATIAL FIELDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035025632     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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