Variability of the transport of anthropogenic CO2 at the Greenland-Portugal OVIDE section: Controlling mechanisms

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2375-2389

  Zunino, P ^a   Garcia Ibanez M I ^b   Lherminier, P ^a   Mercier, H ^c   Rios, A F ^b   Perez F F ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TIMESCALE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84899651408     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2375-2014     Document Type: Article

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