The control of atmospheric pCO 2 by ocean ventilation change: The effect of the oceanic storage of biogenic carbon

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kwon, Eun Young ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^a   Toggweiler, J R ^b   Devries, Tim ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CHANGES; CIRCULATION MODELS; DEEP WATER; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE PRODUCTIVITY; VENTILATION RATE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEAWATER EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VENTILATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED MATTER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REDUCTION; RESPIRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 80053551480     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004059     Document Type: Article

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