Changes in anthropogenic carbon storage in the Northeast Pacific in the last decade

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4618-4632

  Chu, Sophie N ^a,b   Wang, Zhaohui Aleck ^b   Doney, Scott C ^b   Lawson, Gareth L ^b   Hoering, Katherine A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic carbon; carbon dioxide; carbonate chemistry; dissolved inorganic carbon; Northeast Pacific; ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARAGONITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84978087011     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011775     Document Type: Article

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