Irminger Sea deep convection injects oxygen and anthropogenic carbon to the ocean interior

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Frob F ^a,b   Olsen, A ^a,b   Vage K ^a,b   Moore, G W K ^c   Yashayaev, I ^d   Jeansson, E ^b,e   Rajasakaren, B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONVECTION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; OXYGEN;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; GAS EXCHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SALINITY; SEA; STRATIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 84993940243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13244     Document Type: Article

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