Characterizing post-industrial changes in the ocean carbon cycle in an Earth system model

Katsumi Matsumoto; Kathy S. Tokos; Megumi O. Chikamoto; Andy Ridgwell

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00461.x

Characterizing post-industrial changes in the ocean carbon cycle in an Earth system model

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 4

By: Katsumi Matsumoto, Kathy S. Tokos, Megumi O. Chikamoto and Andy Ridgwell

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