Impacts and effects of mesoscale ocean eddies on ocean carbon storage and atmospheric pCO2

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 877-896

  Munday, D R ^a   Johnson, H L ^a   Marshall, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric carbon dioxide; glacial cycles; meridional overturning; mesoscale ocean eddies; pycnocline depth; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVERTURN; PYCNOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84906134662     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004836     Document Type: Article

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