One year of continuous measurements constraining methane emissions from the Baltic Sea to the atmosphere using a ship of opportunity

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-99

  Gulzow W ^a   Rehder, G ^a   Deimling, J Schneider V ^c   Seifert, T ^a   Toth Z ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; SATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WATER LEVEL;

ARKONA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY; GOTLAND BASIN; GULF OF FINLAND; MECKLENBURG BIGHT;

EID: 84872126516     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-81-2013     Document Type: Article

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