Measurements of air‐sea gas exchange at high wind speeds in the Southern Ocean: Implications for global parameterizations

velocity is proposed, which is consistent with previou s 3 He/ SF 6 dual tracer result sf rom the coastal and open ocean obtained at lower wind speeds. This suggests that factors controlling air-sea gas exchange in this region are similar to those in other parts of the world ocean, and that the parameterization presented here should be applicable to the global ocean. Citation: Ho, D. T., C. S. Law, M. J. Smith, P. Schlosser, M. Harvey, and P. Hill (2006), Measurements of airsea gas exchange at high wind speeds in the Southern Ocean: Implications for global parameterizations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16611, doi:10.1029/2006GL026817.

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