An inter-laboratory comparison assessing the quality of seawater carbon dioxide measurements

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 171, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-43

  Bockmon, Emily E ^a   Dickson, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Carbon dioxide; Carbonate chemistry; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Intercomparison; Ocean acidification; PH

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA QUALITY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; LABORATORY METHOD; OCEAN; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84924995921     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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