Ventilation of the mediterranean sea constrained by multiple transient tracer measurements

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 439-457

  Stoven T ^a   Tanhua, T ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DEEP WATER; GAS EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VENTILATION; WATER MASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84902285985     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-439-2014     Document Type: Article

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