Recent deceleration of oceanic pCO2 increase in the western North Pacific in winter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Midorikawa, Takashi ^a,b   Ishii, Masao ^a   Kosugi, Naohiro ^a   Sasano, Daisuke ^a   Nakano, Toshiya ^c   Saito, Shu ^c   Sakamoto, Naoaki ^c   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Inoue, Hisayuki Y ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Marine Observatory   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON ACCUMULATION; DECADAL CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

GROWTH RATE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SEAWATER; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84862521481     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051665     Document Type: Article

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