On the Southern Ocean CO2 uptake and the role of the biological carbon pump in the 21st century

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1451-1470

  Hauck, J ^a   Volker C ^a   Wolf Gladrow, D A ^a   Laufkotter C ^b   Vogt, M ^b   Aumont, O ^c   Bopp, L ^d   Buitenhuis, E T ^e   Doney, S C ^f   Dunne, J ^g   Gruber, N ^b   Hashioka, T ^h   John, J ^g   Quéré, C Le ^e   Lima, I D ^f   Nakano, H ⁱ   Seferian R ^j   Totterdell, I ^k  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^j CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

CMIP5; ecosystem model intercomparison; export production; ocean carbon sink; polar carbon cycle; Southern Annular Mode

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODEL TEST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; STRATIFICATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UPPER OCEAN; WARMING; WIND DIRECTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84945200946     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005140     Document Type: Article

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