Contrasting effects of temperature and winter mixing on the seasonal and inter-annual variability of the carbonate system in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1481-1492

  Dumousseaud, C ^a   Achterberg, E P ^a   Tyrrell, T ^a   Charalampopoulou, A ^a   Schuster, U ^b   Hartman, M ^a   Hydes, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROWING SEASON; MIXING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY; ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 77952349730     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1481-2010     Document Type: Article

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