Marine ecosystem dynamics and biogeochemical cycling in the community earth system model [CESM1(BGC)]: Comparison of the 1990s with the 2090s under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9291-9312

  Moore, J Keith ^a   Lindsay, Keith ^b   Doney, Scott C ^c   Long, Matthew C ^b   Misumi, Kazuhiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate prediction; Ecological models; Forecast verification skill; Model evaluation performance; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; OCEAN MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FORECASTING METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884901545     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00566.1     Document Type: Article

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