Evaluating global ocean carbon models: The importance of realistic physics

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Doney, S C ^a   Lindsay, K ^b   Caldeira, K ^c   Campin, J M ^d,e   Drange, H ^f   Dutay, J C ^g   Follows, M ^e   Gao, Y ^f   Gnanadesikan, A ^h   Gruber, N ⁱ   Ishida, A ^j   Joos, F ^k   Madec, G ^l   Maier Reimer, E ^m   Marshall, J C ^e   Matear, R J ⁿ   Monfray, P ^o   Mouchet, A ^d   Najjar, R ^p   Orr, J C ^g   Plattner, G K ^k,q   Sarmiento, J ^h   Schlitzer, R ^r   Slater, R ^h   Totterdell, I J ^s   Weirig, M F ^r   Yamanaka, Y ^j   Yool, A ^s   more..

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ CSIRO   (Australia)

^o CNES   (France)

^p PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^s NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Global carbon models; Ocean carbon systems; OCMIP 2

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL OCEAN; PHYSICS;

EID: 10244278020     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GB002150     Document Type: Article

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