Air-sea CO2 fluxes along the coast of Chile: From CO2 outgassing in central northern upwelling waters to CO2 uptake in southern Patagonian fjords

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Torres, Rodrigo ^a   Pantoja, Silvio ^b   Harada, Naomi ^c   González, Humberto E ^a,b   Daneri, Giovanni ^a,b   Frangopulos, Máximo ^d,e   Rutllant, José A ^f,g   Duarte, Carlos M ^h,i   Rúiz Halpern, Sergio ^h,i   Mayol, Eva ⁱ   Fukasawa, Masao ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^g CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^h INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEGASSING; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; AUSTRAL WINTER; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SYSTEMS; COASTAL UPWELLING; COASTAL WATERS; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; NORTHERN CHILE; PATAGONIA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; UNDERSATURATION; UPWELLING WATERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COASTAL WATER; FJORD; SATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PATAGONIA;

EID: 80052766023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006344     Document Type: Article

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