Net biological oxygen production in the ocean: Remote in situ measurements of O2 and N2 in surface waters

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Emerson, Steven ^a   Stump, Charles ^a   Nicholson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER INTERFACES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON EXPORTS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON PRODUCTIONS; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; EUPHOTIC ZONES; GAS CONCENTRATIONS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU METHODS; MASS BALANCES; MIXED LAYERS; NICHOLSON; NITROGEN GAS; OXYGEN PRODUCTIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; SHIP-BOARDS; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TOTAL DISSOLVED GAS; UPPER OCEANS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NONMETALS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PYCNOCLINE; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549165269     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB003095     Document Type: Article

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