Multidecadal CO2 uptake variability of the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Löptien, Ulrike ^a,b   Eden, Carsten ^a  

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

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; FLUX VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTERANNUAL; LABRADOR SEA; MODEL-DRIVEN; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACES; SURFACE FORCING; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCULATION MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 77954504890     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012431     Document Type: Article

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