Origin of CO2 undersaturation in the western tropical Atlantic

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-607

  Lefévre, Nathalie ^a   Diverrés, Denis ^b   Gallois, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BRAZIL CURRENT; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77958602386     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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