Dominance of the Southern Ocean in anthropogenic carbon and heat uptake in CMIP5 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 862-886

  Frölicher, Thomas L ^a,b   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^b   Paynter, David J ^c   Dunne, John P ^c   Krasting, John P ^c   Winton, Michael ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT STORAGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HISTORICAL PERIODS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84921632615     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00117.1     Document Type: Article

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