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Changes in subduction in the South Atlantic Ocean during the 21st century in the CCSM3
Fecha
2008Registro en:
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, v.35, n.6, 2008
0094-8276
10.1029/2007GL032762
Autor
GOES, Marlos
WAINER, Ilana
GENT, Peter R.
BRYAN, Frank O.
Institución
Resumen
The Community Climate System Model version 3 is used to analyse changes in water mass subduction rates in the South Atlantic Ocean over the 21st century. The model results are first compared to observations over 1950-2000, and shown to be rather good. The subduction rates do not change significantly over the 21st century, but the densities at which water masses form become significantly lighter. The strong westerly winds in this region do not change much, which suggests small changes to the rate at which the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean takes up heat and carbon dioxide over the 21st century.