Decadal changes in surface carbon dioxide and related variables in the mediterranean Sea as inferred from a coupled data-diagnostic model approach

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1538-1546

  Louanchi, Ferial ^a   Boudjakdji, Meriem ^a   Nacef, Lamri ^b  

^a University Campus of Dely Ibrahim   (Algeria)

^b Centre Alger Office National de la Météorologie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Air sea CO2 fluxes; Carbon dioxide; Decadal variability; Exported production; Mediterranean Sea; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 68349098711     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp049     Document Type: Article

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