Annual cycles of pCO2sw in the southeastern Beaufort Sea: New understandings of air-sea CO2 exchange in arctic polynya regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Else, B G T ^a   Papakyriakou, T N ^a   Galley, R J ^a   Mucci, A ^b   Gosselin, M ^c   Miller, L A ^d   Shadwick, E H ^e,f   Thomas, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BEAUFORT SEA; CONTINENTAL SHELF PUMPS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; GAS EXCHANGE; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; RIVERINE INPUT; SEA SURFACES; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE WARMING; UNDERSATURATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; ICE COVER; POLYNYA; SEA SURFACE;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84859726105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007346     Document Type: Article

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