Sources of uncertainties in 21st century projections of potential ocean ecosystem stressors

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1224-1243

  Frölicher, Thomas L ^a   Rodgers, Keith B ^b   Stock, Charles A ^c   Cheung, William W L ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; Earth system modeling; internal variability; large ensemble; marine ecosystems; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NOISE; OXYGEN; PH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984684819     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005338     Document Type: Article

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