Sea breeze forcing of estuary turbulence and air-water CO2 exchange

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Orton, Philip M ^a,b   McGillis, Wade R ^a,c   Zappa, Christopher J ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTUARIES; TURBULENCE;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEA-BREEZE FRONTS; WATER COLUMNS;

AIR;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA BREEZE; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HUDSON RIVER; NEW YORK HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954683386     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043159     Document Type: Article

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