Air-Sea CO2 fluxes in the atlantic as measured during boreal spring and autumn

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1587-1606

  Padin, X A ^a   Vazquez Rodriguez, M ^a   Castaao, M ^a   Velo, A ^a   Alonso Perez, F ^a   Gago, J ^b   Gilcoto, M ^a   AlvarezM , ^c   Pardo, P C ^a   De La Paz, M ^a   Rios, A F ^a   Perez, F F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; EL NINO; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESEARCH VESSEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPRING (SEASON); THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; PATAGONIAN SEA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77952619395     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1587-2010     Document Type: Article

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