Mechanisms controlling the air-sea CO2 flux in the North Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1801-1808

  Prowe, A E F ^a,b,c   Thomas, Helmuth ^a,c   Pätsch, Johannes ^d   Kühn, Wilfried ^d   Bozec, Yann ^c,e   Schiettecatte, Laure Sophie ^f   Borges, Alberto V ^f   de Baar, Hein J W ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modelling; CO2 air sea flux; Continental shelf pump; ECOHAM; North Sea

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MODEL VALIDATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 69449102468     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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