Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and its impact on climate projections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3603-3606

  Sokolov, A ^a   Wang, C ^a   Holian, G ^a   Stone, P ^a   Prinn, R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MIXING; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (AOGCM);

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0032193695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02696     Document Type: Article

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