The Southern Ocean as a constraint to reduce uncertainty in future ocean carbon sinks

Earth system model (ESM) simulations exhibit large biases compares to observation-based estimates of the present ocean CO<sub>2</sub> sink. The inter-model spread in projections increases nearly 2-fold by the end of the 21st century and therefore contributes significantly to the uncertai...

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Main Authors: A. Kessler, J. Tjiputra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/7/295/2016/esd-7-295-2016.pdf