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The influence of El Niño on the equatorial Pacific contribution to atmospheric CO2 accumulation

Richard A. Feely

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington

Rik Wanninkhof

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida

Taro Takahashi

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

Pieter Tans

Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado

Nature, 398, 597–601 (1999)
Copyright ©1999 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.
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