Key controls on the seasonal and interannual variations of the carbonate system and air-sea CO2 flux in the Northeast Atlantic (Bay of Biscay)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 785-800

  Jiang, Zong Pei ^a   Hydes, David J ^a   Tyrrell, Toby ^a   Hartman, Sue E ^a   Hartman, Mark C ^a   Dumousseaud, Cynthia ^a   Padin, Xose Antonio ^b   Skjelvan, Ingunn ^c   González Pola, César ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MIXING;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PARTIAL PRESSURE OF CO; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REDFIELD RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 84878946382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20087     Document Type: Article

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