Water mass analysis of effect of climate change on air-sea CO 2 fluxes: The Southern Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3894-3908

  Séférian, Roland ^a,b   Iudicone, Daniele ^c   Bopp, Laurent ^a   Roy, Tilla ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^d,e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e NOC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Climate sensitivity; Feedback; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON UPTAKE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GLOBAL MARINES; KEY FACTORS; MARINE CARBON CYCLE; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; ROLE OF WATER; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WATER MASS; WATER MASS ANALYSIS; WATER MASS STRUCTURE;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84862739892     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00291.1     Document Type: Article

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