Long-term trends in surface ocean pH in the North Atlantic

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-76

  Lauvset, S K ^a,b   Gruber, N ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification; PH; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUGACITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GYRE; PH; SEAWATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84897939109     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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