Removing the North Pacific halocline: Effects on global climate, ocean circulation and the carbon cycle

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 61-64, Issue , 2012, Pages 106-113

  Menviel, L ^a   Timmermann, A ^b   Elison Timm, O ^b   Mouchet, A ^c   Abe Ouchi, A ^d,e   Chikamoto, M O ^e   Harada, N ^e   Ohgaito, R ^e   Okazaki, Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Earth system model of intermediate complexity; Heinrich events; Oxygen minimum zone; Pacific meridional overturning circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL OF INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; HEINRICH EVENTS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PACIFIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BELT CONVEYORS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); EXPERIMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HALOCLINE; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PLIOCENE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84857432582     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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