Wind-driven changes in the ocean carbon sink

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6107-6117

  Swart, N C ^a   Fyfe, J C ^a   Saenko, O A ^a   Eby, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 84922192895     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6107-2014     Document Type: Article

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