Mechanisms of air-sea CO2 flux variability in the equatorial Pacific and the North Atlantic

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  McKinley, Galen A ^a   Follows, Michael J ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Carbon flux; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OXYGEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 4844230866     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GB002179     Document Type: Article

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