1. Variability of the ocean carbon cycle in response to the North Atlantic Oscillation
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Joachim Segschneider, Jerry Tjiputra, Christoph Heinze, James C. Orr, Laurent Bopp, John P. Dunne, Marion Gehlen, Thomas L. Frölicher, Valentina Cocco, Christoph C. Raible, Fortunat Joos, Kathrin M. Keller, Tilla Roy, and Nicolas Metzl
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North Atlantic Oscillation ,carbon cycle ,ocean biogeochemistry ,climate modeling ,ocean-atmosphere interaction ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
Climate modes such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), representing internal variability of the climate system, influence the ocean carbon cycle and may mask trends in the sink of anthropogenic carbon. Here, utilising control runs of six fully coupled Earth System Models, the response of the ocean carbon cycle to the NAO is quantified. The dominating response, a seesaw pattern between the subtropical gyre and the subpolar Northern Atlantic, is instantaneous (
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- 2012
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