The observed evolution of oceanic pCO2 and its drivers over the last two decades

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lenton, Andrew ^a   Metzl, Nicolas ^b   Takahashi, Taro ^c   Kuchinke, Mareva ^a   Matear, Richard J ^a   Roy, Tilla ^b   Sutherland, Stewart C ^c   Sweeney, Colm ^d   Tilbrook, Bronte ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENHANCED UPTAKE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC SECTOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BIOLOGY; CARBON; GROWTH RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84861369889     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004095     Document Type: Article

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