Carbon export by small particles in the Norwegian Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2921-2927

  Dall'Olmo, Giorgio ^a,b   Mork, Kjell Arne ^c,d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Centre for Climate Dynamics (SKD)   (Norway)

Author keywords

backscattering; Bio Argo; biological carbon pump; export; optics; small particles

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; OPTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS; BIO-ARGO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPORT; OCEAN CARBON CYCLE; OPTICAL BACKSCATTERING; PHYSICAL MIXING; SMALL PARTICLES;

CARBON;

ARGO; BACKSCATTER; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84898753332     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059244     Document Type: Article

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