On the processes controlling the seasonal cycles of the air–sea fluxes of O2 and N2O: A modelling study

Manfredi Manizza; Ralph F. Keeling; Cynthia D. Nevison

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18429

On the processes controlling the seasonal cycles of the air–sea fluxes of O2 and N2O: A modelling study

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Manfredi Manizza, Ralph F. Keeling and Cynthia D. Nevison

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18429 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 18429 - 18429

Submitted on: Mar 26, 2012

Accepted on: Sep 26, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

air–sea fluxes,

ocean biogeochemical cycles,

ocean modeling,

gas flux theory,

general circulation models

© 2012 Manfredi Manizza, Ralph F. Keeling, Cynthia D. Nevison, published by Stockholm University Press
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