A growing oceanic carbon uptake: Results from an inversion study of surface pCO2 data

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 335-351

  Majkut, Joseph D ^a   Sarmiento, J L ^a   Rodgers, K B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; carbon; LDEO2010; trend

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ASSIMILATION; BAYESIAN PROBABILITIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LDEO2010; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SAMPLINGS; OCEANIC CARBON UPTAKE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TREND;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE; SIMULATION; WIND FIELD;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84897122859     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004585     Document Type: Article

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