Transports and budgets of anthropogenic CO2 in the tropical North Atlantic in 1992-1993 and 2010-2011

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1075-1091

  Zunino, Patricia ^a   Pérez, Fiz F ^b   Fajar, Noelia M ^b   Guallart, Elisa F ^c   Ríos, Aida F ^b   Pelegrí, Josep L ^c   Hernández Guerra, Alonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

air sea fluxes; anthropogenic CO2; changes in circulation; storage rate; transport; tropical North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FLORIDA CURRENT;

EID: 84939251344     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005075     Document Type: Review

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