Detecting an external influence on recent changes in oceanic oxygen using an optimal fingerprinting method

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1799-1813

  Andrews, O D ^a   Bindoff, N L ^b,c,d   Halloran, P R ^e   Ilyina, T ^f   Le Quere C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84885154761     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1799-2013     Document Type: Article

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