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Wind bias and ocean carbon uptake

Nature Climate Change volume 2, pages 25–26 (2012)Cite this article

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The systematic bias in the position and strength of the 'roaring forties' that is found in climate models affects our present ability to predict carbon dioxide uptake by the Southern Ocean.

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Figure 1: The global carbon cycle for the 1990s showing the main fluxes and reservoirs.

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  1. Peter R. Gent is in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000, USA,

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