Seasonal variations of sea-air CO2 fluxes in the largest tropical marginal sea (South China Sea) based on multiple-year underway measurements

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7775-7791

  Zhai, W D ^a,b   Dai, M H ^a   Chen, B S ^a,c   Guo, X H ^a   Li, Q ^a   Shang, S L ^a   Zhang, C Y ^a   Cai, W J ^c,d   Wang, D X ^e  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIELD SURVEY; MARGINAL SEA; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RIVER PLUME; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNITED STATES; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84890275805     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7775-2013     Document Type: Article

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