Sensitivity of simulated extent and future evolution of marine suboxia to mixing intensity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Duteil, O ^a   Oschlies, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; MIXING; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION;

BACKGROUND VALUE; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIFFUSIVITIES; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIXING INTENSITY; MIXING RATES; MODEL CONFIGURATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN LEVELS; PARAMETERISATION; PRE-INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DIFFUSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 79953666004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046877     Document Type: Article

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