The mechanisms of North Atlantic CO2 uptake in a large Earth System Model ensemble

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4497-4508

  Halloran, P R ^a   Booth, B B B ^b   Jones, C D ^b   Lambert, F H ^a   McNeall, D J ^b   Totterdell, I J ^b   Volker C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL WARMING; GYRE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84938494717     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4497-2015     Document Type: Article

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