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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6107-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6107-2014
Research article
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13 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 13 Nov 2014

Wind-driven changes in the ocean carbon sink

N. C. Swart, J. C. Fyfe, O. A. Saenko, and M. Eby

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Estimates of ocean carbon uptake from ocean biogeochemical models are key to our understanding of the global carbon cycle. Such estimates suggest that ocean carbon uptake is decreasing due to climate change, and particularly due to strengthening of the Southern Hemisphere winds. We show that these model-based estimates are highly uncertain due to poorly resolved physical processes (mesoscale ocean eddies) and uncertainty in the observed surface wind forcing used to drive the models.
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