Responses of the ocean carbon cycle to climate change: Results from an earth system climate model simulation
Based on simulations using the University of Victoria's Earth System Climate Model, we analyzed the responses of the ocean carbon cycle to increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change from 1800 to 2500 following the RCP 8.5 scenario and its extension. Compared to simulations without cli...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a91e5465da204a599090383bca84c2ac 2023-05-15T17:25:26+02:00 Responses of the ocean carbon cycle to climate change: Results from an earth system climate model simulation Shuang-Jing Wang Long Cao Na Li 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2014.11.004 https://doaj.org/article/a91e5465da204a599090383bca84c2ac EN eng KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674927814000057 https://doaj.org/toc/1674-9278 1674-9278 doi:10.1016/j.accre.2014.11.004 https://doaj.org/article/a91e5465da204a599090383bca84c2ac Advances in Climate Change Research, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 123-130 (2014) Climate change Ocean carbon cycle Carbon cycle modeling Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2014.11.004 2022-12-31T05:50:41Z Based on simulations using the University of Victoria's Earth System Climate Model, we analyzed the responses of the ocean carbon cycle to increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change from 1800 to 2500 following the RCP 8.5 scenario and its extension. Compared to simulations without climate change, the simulation with a climate sensitivity of 3.0 K shows that in 2100, due to increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations, the simulated sea surface temperature increases by 2.7 K, the intensity of the North Atlantic deep water formation reduces by 4.5 Sv, and the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2 decreases by 0.8 Pg C. Climate change is also found to have a large effect on the North Atlantic's ocean column inventory of anthropogenic CO2. Between the years 1800 and 2500, compared with the simulation with no climate change, the simulation with climate change causes a reduction in the total anthropogenic CO2 column inventory over the entire ocean and in North Atlantic by 23.1% and 32.0%, respectively. A set of simulations with climate sensitivity variations from 0.5 K to 4.5 K show that with greater climate sensitivity climate change would have a greater effect in reducing the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Advances in Climate Change Research 5 3 123 130 |
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Based on simulations using the University of Victoria's Earth System Climate Model, we analyzed the responses of the ocean carbon cycle to increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change from 1800 to 2500 following the RCP 8.5 scenario and its extension. Compared to simulations without climate change, the simulation with a climate sensitivity of 3.0 K shows that in 2100, due to increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations, the simulated sea surface temperature increases by 2.7 K, the intensity of the North Atlantic deep water formation reduces by 4.5 Sv, and the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2 decreases by 0.8 Pg C. Climate change is also found to have a large effect on the North Atlantic's ocean column inventory of anthropogenic CO2. Between the years 1800 and 2500, compared with the simulation with no climate change, the simulation with climate change causes a reduction in the total anthropogenic CO2 column inventory over the entire ocean and in North Atlantic by 23.1% and 32.0%, respectively. A set of simulations with climate sensitivity variations from 0.5 K to 4.5 K show that with greater climate sensitivity climate change would have a greater effect in reducing the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. |
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Responses of the ocean carbon cycle to climate change: Results from an earth system climate model simulation |
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