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The most widely used approach for calculating the flux of gases across the sea surface is from the product of the concentration difference across the interface and a kinetic parameter, often called the transfer velocity. During the NERC North Sea Community Research Project (CRP) a considerable effort was made to improve our knowledge of both of these terms.
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Liss, P.S. et al. (1994). Trace gases and air—sea exchanges. In: Charnock, H., Dyer, K.R., Huthnance, J.M., Liss, P.S., Simpson, J.H., Tett, P.B. (eds) Understanding the North Sea System. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1236-9_12
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