On the control of glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 variations by the Southern Hemisphere westerlies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  D'Orgeville, M ^a   Sijp, W P ^a   England, M H ^a   Meissner, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON STORAGE; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UPPER OCEAN; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION; VICTORIA EARTH SYSTEM CLIMATE MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP SEA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PYCNOCLINE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY;

EID: 78149438191     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045261     Document Type: Article

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