Arctic and Antarctic sea ice acts as a sink for atmospheric CO2 during periods of snowmelt and surface flooding

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6511-6524

  Nomura, Daiki ^a,b,c,d   Granskog, Mats A ^a   Assmy, Philipp ^a   Simizu, Daisuke ^b,d   Hashida, Gen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; gas exchange; sea ice; snow

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTIC; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; ARCTIC; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CO; GAS EXCHANGE; POTENTIAL FLUX; WATER EQUIVALENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84892923842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009048     Document Type: Article

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