Climate change impacts on sea-air fluxes of CO2 in three Arctic seas: A sensitivity study using Earth observation

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8109-8128

  Land, P E ^a   Shutler, J D ^a   Cowling, R D ^b   Woolf, D K ^b   Walker, P ^a   Findlay, H S ^a   Upstill Goddard, R C ^c   Donlon, C J ^d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EOS; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890509607     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-8109-2013     Document Type: Article

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