Annual net community production and the biological carbon flux in the ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-28

  Emerson, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

air sea interaction; annual net community production; ocean productivity; oxygen mass balance; satellite remote sensing; sediment trap fluxes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEDIMENT TRAPS; TIME SERIES;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; MASS BALANCE; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON FLUX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESPIRATION; TIME SERIES; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892418282     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004680     Document Type: Article

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