Quantifying the flux of CaCO 3 and organic carbon from the surface ocean using in situ measurements of O 2, N 2, pCO 2, and pH

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Emerson, Steven ^a   Sabine, Christopher ^b   Cronin, Meghan F ^b   Feely, Richard ^b   Cullison Gray, Sarah E ^c   Degrandpre, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EMERSON; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; MASS BALANCE MODEL; NITROGEN GAS; PRODUCTION RATES; SUBARCTIC PACIFIC OCEAN; SURFACE MOORING; SURFACE OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING;

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; MOORING; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MASS BALANCE; MOORING SYSTEM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTCROP; OXYGEN; PH; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WATER; VERTICAL MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 79960524687     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003924     Document Type: Article

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