Dimensionless Parameterizations of Air-Sea CO2 Gas Transfer Velocity on Surface Waves

Shuo Li; Alexander V. Babanin; Changlong Guan

doi:10.16993/tellusb.1867

Dimensionless Parameterizations of Air-Sea CO2 Gas Transfer Velocity on Surface Waves

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 75 (2023): Issue 1

By: Shuo Li , Alexander V. Babanin and Changlong Guan

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Submitted on: Dec 8, 2022

Accepted on: Mar 20, 2023

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Keywords:

air-sea gas transfer,

ocean surface waves,

carbon dioxide,

dimensionless parameterizations

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