Multicentury changes in ocean and land contributions to the climate-carbon feedback

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 744-759

  Randerson, J T ^a   Lindsay, K ^b   Munoz, E ^b   Fu, W ^a   Moore, J K ^a   Hoffman, F M ^c   Mahowald, N M ^d   Doney, S C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; carbon concentration feedback; ecosystems; net primary production; stratification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS; STRATIFICATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84947127573     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005079     Document Type: Article

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