A short-term sink for atmospheric CO2 in subtropical mode water of the North Atlantic Ocean

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6915, 2002, Pages 489-493

  Bates, Nicholas R ^a   Christine Pequignet, A ^a   Johnson, Rodney J ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE WATERS;

WATER LAYERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDROGRAPHY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; BERMUDA; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037028151     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01253     Document Type: Article

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