High-resolution estimates of net community production and air-sea CO 2 flux in the northeast Pacific

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lockwood, Deirdre ^a   Quay, Paul D ^a   Kavanaugh, Maria T ^b   Juranek, Lauren W ^b,c,d   Feely, Richard A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CARBON BUDGETS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CO2 EFFLUX; CO2 FLUXES; CO2 UPTAKE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CRUISE TRACK; DISCRETE SURFACES; ERROR ESTIMATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STRONG COUPLING; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SURFACE VALUES; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTIMATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; TROPICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSITION ZONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84868326163     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004380     Document Type: Article

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