Modelling the seasonal course of the upper ocean pCO2 (II). Validation of the model and sensitivity studies

David Antoine; André Morel

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v47i1-2.16036

Modelling the seasonal course of the upper ocean pCO2 (II). Validation of the model and sensitivity studies

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 47 (1995): Issue 1-2

By: David Antoine and André Morel

Open Access

|Jan 1995

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