Sea-to-air and diapycnal nitrous oxide fluxes
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Sea-to-air and diapycnal nitrous oxide fluxes in the eastern tropical North Atlantic Ocean A. Kock, J. Schafstall, M. Dengler, P. Brandt, and H. W. Bange Forschungsbereich Marine Biogeochemie, IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany Forschungsbereich Ozeanzirkulation und Klimadynamik, IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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