Rising atmospheric CO2 leads to large impact of biology on Southern Ocean CO2 uptake via changes of the Revelle factor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1459-1464

  Hauck, J ^a   Volker C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

anthropogenic carbon; biological carbon draw down; buffer capacity; feedback process; ocean acidification; ocean CO2 sink

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; CARBON; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; BIOLOGICAL CARBON DRAW DOWN; BUFFER CAPACITY; FEEDBACK PROCESS; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; OCEAN CO2 SINK;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84925851679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063070     Document Type: Article

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