Atmospheric CO2 response to volcanic eruptions: The role of ENSO, season, and variability

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 239-251

  Frölicher, Thomas Lukas ^a,b   Joos, Fortunat ^a   Raible, Christoph Cornelius ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; modeling; volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MODELS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BALI; CENTRAL LUZON; CHIAPAS; EL CHICHON; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LUZON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOUNT AGUNG; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SUNDA ISLES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84881094643     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20028     Document Type: Article

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