Investigating the complex relationship between in situ Southern Ocean pCO2 and its ocean physics and biogeochemical drivers using a nonparametric regression approach

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 697-714

  Pretorius, Wesley Byron ^a,b   Das, Sonali ^c   Monteiro, Pedro M S ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Old Mutual plc   (United Kingdom)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d CSIR CHPC   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon flux; Non parametric kernel regression; Prediction; SANAE; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84911985013     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: 15733009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-014-0276-5     Document Type: Article

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