The impact of diurnal variability in sea surface temperature on the central Atlantic air-sea CO2 flux

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 529-541

  Kettle, H ^a   Merchant, C J ^a   Jeffery, C D ^b   Filipiak, M J ^a   Gentemann, C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70350622198     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-529-2009     Document Type: Article

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