Natural air-sea flux of CO2 in simulations of the NASA-GISS climate model: Sensitivity to the physical ocean model formulation

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-44

  Romanou, A ^a,b   Gregg, W W ^c   Romanski, J ^d   Kelley, M ^b   Bleck, R ^a,b   Healy, R ^d   Nazarenko, L ^d   Russell, G ^b   Schmidt, G A ^b,d   Sun, S ^e   Tausnev, N ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate modeling; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CARBON CYCLES; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; HEAT AND FRESHWATER FLUXES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; OCEAN MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84876312029     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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