Increased CO2 outgassing in February-May 2010 in the tropical Atlantic following the 2009 Pacific El Niño

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1645-1657

  Lefèvre, Nathalie ^a,b   Caniaux, Guy ^c   Janicot, Serge ^a   Gueye, Abdou Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEGASSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SHIPS; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84878034081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20107     Document Type: Article

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