Quantifying the impact of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on oceanic nitrous oxide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Suntharalingam, Parvadha ^a   Buitenhuis, Erik ^a   Le Quéré, Corinne ^a   Dentener, Frank ^b   Nevison, Cynthia ^c   Butler, James H ^d   Bange, Hermann W ^e   Forster, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL OUTFLOW; DEPOSITION FLUXES; EXPORT PRODUCTION; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; GLOBAL SCALE; INDIAN OCEAN; INLAND SEAS; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROUS OXIDE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRODUCTION PATHWAYS;

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84859881012     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050778     Document Type: Article

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