Carbon isotope constraints on vertical mixing and air-sea CO2 exchange

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Fallon, Stewart J ^a   Guilderson, Thomas P ^a,b   Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR SEA EXCHANGE RATES; BOX DIFFUSION MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; MIXING; SPONGE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 1642586485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018049     Document Type: Article

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