Sensitivity of the oceanic carbon reservoir to tropical surface wind stress variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2218-2223

  Ridder, N N ^a   Meissner, K J ^a   England, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change and variability; ocean carbon cycle; ocean carbon uptake; ocean circulation changes

Indexed keywords

CARBON UPTAKE; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EQUILIBRATED SOLUTIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OCEAN CARBON CYCLE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SURFACE WIND STRESS;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879981903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50498     Document Type: Article

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