Spatial and seasonal variability of the air-sea equilibration timescale of carbon dioxide

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1163-1178

  Jones, Daniel C ^a,b   Ito, Takamitsu ^b   Takano, Yohei ^b   Hsu, Wei Ching ^b,c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Disequilibrium; Equilibration; Gas exchange efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; MIXED LAYER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84916934124     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004813     Document Type: Article

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