To examine seasonal and regional variabilities in metabolic status and the coupling of net community production (NCP) and air‐sea CO2fluxes in the western Arctic Ocean, we collected underway measurements of surface O2/Ar and partial pressure of CO2(
The carbonate chemistry in the Dalton Polynya in East Antarctica (115°–123°E) was investigated in summer 2014/2015 using high‐frequency underway measurements of CO2fugacity (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10456566
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 8
- ISSN:
- 2169-9275
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 5634-5653
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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