Eastern US continental shelf carbon budget: Integrating models, data assimilation, and analysis

Oceanography

Volumn 21, Issue SPL.ISS. 1, 2008, Pages 86-104

  Hofmann, Eileen ^a   Druon, Jean Noël ^b,c   Fennel, Katja ^d   Friedrichs, Marjorie ^e   Haidvogel, Dale ^f   Lee, Cindy ^g   Mannino, Antonio ^b   McClain, Charles ^b   Najjar, Raymond ^h   O'Reilly, John ⁱ   Pollard, David ^h   Previdi, Michael ^f,j   Seitzinger, Sybil ^f   Siewert, John ^h   Signorini, Sergio ^k   Wilkin, John ^f  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

^k SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

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EID: 51749107491     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2008.70     Document Type: Article

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