Riding over the Kuroshio from the South to the East China Sea: Mixing and transport of DIC

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Sheu, David D ^a   Chou, Wen Chen ^b   Arthur, C T Chen ^a   Wei, Ching Ling ^c   Hsieh, Hsiu Ling ^a   Hou, Wei Ping ^a   Dai, Minhan ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PROFILE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EAST CHINA SEA; FLOW TRANSPORT; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO CURRENT; MARGINAL SEAS; SHELF WATERS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

DISSOLUTION; SEAWATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIXING; OUTFLOW; SEAWATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UPWELLING;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 67449151967     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037017     Document Type: Article

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