Errors in estimated temporal tracer trends due to changes in the historical observation network: A case study of oxygen trends in the Southern Ocean

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-195

  Min, Dong Ha ^a,b   Keller, Klaus ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of historical observation networks; Climate change; Estimation errors; Southern Ocean; Temporal oxygen trends

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 22744435121     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2005.27.2.189     Document Type: Article

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