Southern ocean dynamics and biogeochemistry in a changing climate: introduction and overview
dc.contributor.author | Downes, Stephanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Weijer, Wilbert | |
dc.contributor.author | Jeffery, Nicole | |
dc.contributor.author | Mazloff, Matthew | |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Joellen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-24T02:43:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-24T02:43:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Southern Ocean has a unique place in our climate system. It is a region of extremes, where the world's strongest ocean currents, the strongest wind regime, the most extensive sea ice cover, and the largest ice sheets interact (for example, see the recent review by Rintoul and Naveira Garabato, 2013). In addition, it houses a very productive ecosystem that sequesters a significant fraction of the anthropogenic CO2 in the ocean (Sabine et al., 2004; Takahashi et al., 2012). Studying the Southern Ocean has proven to be a significant challenge, for several reasons. Among those are the logistical difficulties of making observations in these remote and vast parts of the world, due also to the harsh weather conditions and extensive sea ice cover in winter months. But arguably a more important factor is the immense complexity of the Southern Ocean climate system, where so many tightly coupled components interact on so many temporal and spatial scales. A case in point is the surprising expansion of winter sea ice in the Weddell Sea in recent years, amidst significant warming trends (Barthélemy et al., 2012; Mathiot et al., 2010; Stössel et al., 2011). | en_AU |
dc.description.sponsorship | S.M. Downes was supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (Grant CE110001028). W. Weijer was supported by the Regional and Global Climate Modeling program of the US Department of Energy Office of Science. | en_AU |
dc.format | 2 pages | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 0967-0645 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13035 | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_AU |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE110001028 | en_AU |
dc.rights | © 2015 Elsevier B.V. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0967-0645/ author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing), author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing), Authors pre-print on any website, including arXiv and RePEC, Author's post-print on author's personal website immediately, Author's post-print on open access repository after an embargo period of between 12 months and 48 months (Sherp/Romeo as of 18/5/2015). Received email dated 25/3/2015 from author Stephanie Downes pre-print version. 25/3/2015 | en_AU |
dc.source | Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | en_AU |
dc.subject | Southern Ocean | en_AU |
dc.subject | climate system | en_AU |
dc.subject | sea ice | en_AU |
dc.subject | temporal and spatial scales | en_AU |
dc.title | Southern ocean dynamics and biogeochemistry in a changing climate: introduction and overview | en_AU |
dc.type | Journal article | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Downes, Stephanie M., RSES General, CPMS Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | Stephanie.Downes@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | u5113372 | en_AU |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.013 | en_AU |
local.identifier.essn | 1879-0100 | en_AU |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4579722 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | http://www.elsevier.com/ | en_AU |
local.type.status | Submitted Version | en_AU |