Natural variability of CO2 and O2 fluxes: What can we learn from centuries-long climate models simulations?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 384-404

  Resplandy, L ^a,b   Seferian R ^c   Bopp, L ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

air sea fluxes; carbon and oxygen; interannual and decadal variability; natural variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER; SIMULATION; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85027931527     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010463     Document Type: Article

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