Dynamical and biogeochemical control on the decadal variability of ocean carbon fluxes

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-127

  Seferian R ^a,b   Bopp, L ^b   Swingedouw, D ^b   Servonnat, J ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MIXING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

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

EID: 84891871881     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-4-109-2013     Document Type: Article

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