Estimating the storage of anthropogenic carbon in the subtropical Indian ocean: A comparison of five different approaches

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 681-703

  Alvarez M ^a   Lo Monaco, C ^b   Tanhua, T ^c   Yool, A ^d   Oschlies, A ^c   Bullister, J L ^e   Goyet, C ^f   Metzl, N ^b   Touratier, F ^f   McDonagh, E ^d   Bryden, H L ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INORGANIC CARBON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER; MODEL TEST; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77949652083     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-681-2009     Document Type: Article

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