The sensitivity of dimethyl sulfide production to simulated climate change in the Eastern Antarctic Southern Ocean

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 966-981

  Gabric, Albert J ^a   Cropp, Roger ^a   Hirst, Tony ^b   Marchant, Harvey ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0242349261     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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