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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-301-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-301-2024
Research article
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17 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2024

Uncertainty in the evolution of northwestern North Atlantic circulation leads to diverging biogeochemical projections

Krysten Rutherford, Katja Fennel, Lina Garcia Suarez, and Jasmin G. John

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We downscaled two mid-century (~2075) ocean model projections to a high-resolution regional ocean model of the northwest North Atlantic (NA) shelf. In one projection, the NA shelf break current practically disappears; in the other it remains almost unchanged. This leads to a wide range of possible future shelf properties. More accurate projections of coastal circulation features would narrow the range of possible outcomes of biogeochemical projections for shelf regions.
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