Environmental turbulent mixing controls on air-water gas exchange in marine and aquatic systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Zappa, Christopher J ^a   McGillis, Wade R ^a   Raymond, Peter A ^b   Edson, James B ^c   Hintsa, Eric J ^d   Zemmelink, Hendrik J ^e,f   Dacey, John W H ^g   Ho, David T ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER GAS EXCHANGE; TRACE GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBULENCE; WIND;

GAS DYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GAS EXCHANGE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 34447512445     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028790     Document Type: Article

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