Detecting the anthropogenic influences on recent changes in ocean carbon uptake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5968-5977

  Séférian, Roland ^a,b   Ribes, Aurélien ^a   Bopp, Laurent ^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

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MODEL RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GAS EXCHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; GREENHOUSE GAS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84906523953     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061223     Document Type: Article

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