Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation influence CO2 uptake in the North Atlantic over the past 2 decades

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Thomas, Helmuth ^a   Prowe, A E Friederike ^a,b   Lima, Ivan D ^c   Doney, Scott C ^c   Wanninkhof, Rik ^d   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a,b   Schuster, Ute ^e   Corbière, Antoine ^f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; RAPID SHIFTS; SECULAR TRENDS; SUB-BASIN SCALE; SUBTROPICAL WATERS; SURFACE OCEANS; SYSTEM VARIABLES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WARMING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 64549093721     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB003167     Document Type: Article

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