Climate change: possible influence of ocean upwelling and nutrient concentration |
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| Authors: | T Roger S Wilson |
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| Institution: | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory, Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 SUB, UK. |
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| Abstract: | The relaxation time of the ocean phosphate system is close to 105 Yr. The behaviour of this system is here explored using a simple box model. This approach illustrates that changes in upwelling in low- to mid- latitudes might exert a significant influence on the atmospheric pCO2, and that the long-term relaxation behaviour of the ocean phosphate system would rend to enhance the importance of the 100 kyr frequency component in the climatic record. |
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