Analysis of seasonality and annual mean distribution of atmospheric potential oxygen (APO) in the Pacific region

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tohjima, Yasunori ^a   Minejima, Chika ^a,b   Mukai, Hitoshi ^a   MacHida, Toshinobu ^a   Yamagishi, Hiroaki ^a   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC POTENTIAL OXYGEN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; AUSTRALIA; CARGO SHIPS; COVARIATION; DATA SETS; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUX FIELDS; GAS EXCHANGE; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL SIMULATION; MODEL-BASED OPC; MONITORING STATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; OXYGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARGO CONTAINER; DATA SET; GAS EXCHANGE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868325403     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004110     Document Type: Article

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