Carbon dioxide fluxes in the Benguela upwelling system during winter and spring: A comparison between 2005 and 2006

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 533-541

  Santana Casiano, J Magdalena ^a   González Dávila, Melchor ^a   Ucha, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benguela; Carbon dioxide; CO2 fluxes; South Atlantic; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL WINTER; AVERAGE FLUX; BENGUELA; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; CO2 FLUXES; CRUISE TRACK; FRONTAL ZONES; MESOSCALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NAMIBIA; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN BENGUELA; SURFACE SEAWATER; UPWELLING; UPWELLING AREAS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

FILAMENTS (LAMP); LASERS; SEAWATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENGUELA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 67349157609     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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