Parameterizing bubble-mediated air-sea gas exchange and its effect on ocean ventilation

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 894-905

  Liang, Jun Hong ^a,b   Deutsch, Curtis ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a   Baschek, Burkard ^c   Sullivan, Peter P ^d   Chiba, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

bubble mediated gas transfer; ocean ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; SUPERSATURATION; VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS;

EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GAS TRANSFER; MECHANISTIC MODELING; OCEAN VENTILATIONS; OCEANIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE SUPERSATURATION; UNDERSATURATION;

GASES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUBBLE; DEEP SEA; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NOBLE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84883197519     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20080     Document Type: Article

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