Role of volcanic forcing on future global carbon cycle

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-67

  Tjiputra, J F ^a,c   Ottera O H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BUFFER CAPACITY; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON SINK; CARBON UPTAKE; CYCLE MODEL; FEEDBACK ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SIGNAL; FEEDBACK STRENGTH; FORCINGS; FULLY-COUPLED; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL COOLING; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION; HIGH LATITUDES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PINATUBO; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC FORCING; CARBON CYCLE MODELS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; VOLCANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; SEAWATER; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANOES; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL CHANGE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84865090285     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-2-53-2011     Document Type: Article

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