Open AccessSurvey of CO 2 in the oceans reveals clues about global carbon cycle
Author(s) -
Sabine Christopher L.,
Wallace Douglas W. R.,
Millero Frank J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00030
Subject(s) - hydrography , cruise , carbon cycle , oceanography , environmental science , carbon fibers , geography , climatology , geology , computer science , ecology , algorithm , ecosystem , composite number , biology
January 1996 marked the completion of the most ambitious and successful high‐precision inorganic carbon survey of a major ocean basin to date: a 14‐month, 92,000‐km‐long research cruise in the Indian Ocean. This survey, conducted in close collaboration with the international World Ocean Circulation Experiment‐Hydrographic Program (WOCE‐HP), is part of a project involving 10 U.S. universities and national laboratories that have been working together since 1990 to acquire a high‐quality inorganic carbon data set for all of the world's oceans.