An evaluation of tracer fields and anthropogenic carbon in the equatorial and the tropical North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-97

  Schneider, A ^a   Tanhua, T ^a   Kortzinger A ^a   Wallace, D W R ^b  

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

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic carbon; Mean age; Tracer; Tropical Atlantic; TTD

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; MEAN AGES; TRACER; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TTD;

CARBON; DOMES; ESTIMATION; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURFACE WATERS;

TROPICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAUSSIAN METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SULFUR COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84864400439     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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