Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the southern Yellow Sea: An examination of the continental shelf pump hypothesis

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1904-1914

  Xue, Liang ^a,b,d   Zhang, Longjun ^a   Cai, Wei Jun ^b   Jiang, Li Qing ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea CO2 fluxes; Carbon export; Continental shelf pump; Southern Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EMISSIONS TRADING; OPEN OCEAN; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 81255187880     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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