Further observations of a decreasing atmospheric CO2 uptake capacity in the Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean) due to sea ice loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1132-1137

  Else, Brent G T ^a   Galley, R J ^a   Lansard, B ^b   Barber, D G ^a   Brown, K ^c   Miller, L A ^d   Mucci, A ^e   Papakyriakou, T N ^a   Tremblay, J E ^f   Rysgaard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canada Basin; carbon cycling; gas exchange; pCO2; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CANADA BASIN; CARBON CYCLING; GAS EXCHANGE; PCO2;

SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; GAS EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATER; VENTILATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 84876905548     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50268     Document Type: Article

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