Trends and drivers in global surface ocean pH over the past 3 decades

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1285-1298

  Lauvset, S K ^a,b   Gruber, N ^c   Landschutzer P ^c   Olsen, A ^a,b,d   Tjiputra, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Uni Research Climate   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PH; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84924047135     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1285-2015     Document Type: Article

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