Dynamical and biogeochemical control on the decadal variability of ocean carbon fluxes

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作者
Seferian, R. [1 ,2 ]
Bopp, L. [2 ]
Swingedouw, D. [2 ]
Servonnat, J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Natl Rech Meteo France, CNRM GAME URA1357, F-31100 Toulouse, France
[2] Lab Climat & Environm, LSCE UMR8212, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
关键词
NORTH-ATLANTIC; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; ANNULAR MODES; CLIMATE; CO2; PREDICTABILITY; DIOXIDE; ENSEMBLE;
D O I
10.5194/esd-4-109-2013
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Several recent observation-based studies suggest that ocean anthropogenic carbon uptake has slowed down due to the impact of anthropogenic forced climate change. However, it remains unclear whether detected changes over the recent time period can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change or rather to natural climate variability (internal plus naturally forced variability) alone. One large uncertainty arises from the lack of knowledge on ocean carbon flux natural variability at the decadal time scales. To gain more insights into decadal time scales, we have examined the internal variability of ocean carbon fluxes in a 1000 yr long preindustrial simulation performed with the Earth System Model IPSL-CM5A-LR. Our analysis shows that ocean carbon fluxes exhibit low-frequency oscillations that emerge from their year-to-year variability in the North Atlantic, the North Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. In our model, a 20 yr mode of variability in the North Atlantic air-sea carbon flux is driven by sea surface temperature variability and accounts for similar to 40% of the interannual regional variance. The North Pacific and the Southern Ocean carbon fluxes are also characterised by decadal to multi-decadal modes of variability (10 to 50 yr) that account for 20-40% of the interannual regional variance. These modes are driven by the vertical supply of dissolved inorganic carbon through the variability of Ekman-induced upwelling and deep-mixing events. Differences in drivers of regional modes of variability stem from the coupling between ocean dynamics variability and the ocean carbon distribution, which is set by large-scale secular ocean circulation.
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页码:109 / 127
页数:19
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