Transit time distributions and oxygen utilization rates from chlorofluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride in the Southeast Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3761-3776

  Sonnerup, Rolf E ^a,b   Mecking, Sabine ^a   Bullister, John L ^b   Warner, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorofluorocarbons; oxygen utilization; sulfur hexafluoride; tracers

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CFC; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUORIDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA SURFACE; THERMOCLINE; VENTILATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 85027955375     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010781     Document Type: Article

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