Observations of CFCs and SF 6 as ocean tracers

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 173-195

  Fine, Rana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorofluorocarbons; ocean biogeochemistry; ocean circulation; ocean tracers; sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; DATA SETS; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN PROCESS; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-SCALES; UPPER OCEAN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUOROCARBONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CFC; DATA SET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SULFUR COMPOUND; TRACER;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79953014661     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163933     Document Type: Article

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