Connecting Atlantic temperature variability and biological cycling in two earth system models

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-54

  Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a   Dunne, John P ^b   Msadek, Rym ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning; Decadal variability; Earth system modeling; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AMPLITUDE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DECADAL VARIATION; DIATOM; ICE COVER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OVERTURN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84897105100     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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