Long-term changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations in the ocean caused by protracted global warming

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Matear, R J ^a   Hirst, A C ^b  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate system model; Oceanic biogeochemical model; Oxygen; Protracted global warming; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLOBAL WARMING; STRATIFICATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642299122     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001997     Document Type: Article

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