Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the California Current: Impacts of model resolution and coastal topography

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-385

  Fiechter, Jerome ^a   Curchitser, Enrique N ^b   Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Chai, Fei ^c   Goebel, Nicole L ^a   Chavez, Francisco P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

air sea CO2 flux; California Current; carbon budget; coastal topography; model resolution; upwelling system

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CARBON BUDGETS; CO2 FLUXES; COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY; MODEL RESOLUTION; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SIMULATION; WIND FIELD;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84897354747     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004683     Document Type: Article

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