Nitrous oxide emissions from the upwelling area off Mauritania (NW Africa)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Wittke, Franziska ^a   Kock, Annette ^a   Bange, Hermann W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; FLUX DENSITIES; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; QUIKSCAT; SEASONALITY; UPWELLING AREAS; WIND DATA;

ANESTHETICS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITROUS OXIDE; QUIKSCAT; SEASONALITY; UPWELLING; WIND PROFILE;

ARABIAN SEA; CHILE; INDIAN OCEAN; MAURITANIA;

EID: 77954389457     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042442     Document Type: Article

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