N2O seasonal distributions and air-sea exchange in UK estuaries: Implications for the tropospheric N2O source from European coastal waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Barnes, J ^a   Upstill Goddard, R C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL WATER; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROUS OXIDE; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEASONALITY; SEWAGE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBIDITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551635779     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001156     Document Type: Article

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