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Climate change: possible influence of ocean upwelling and nutrient concentration
Author(s) -
Roger T.,
Wilson S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00348.x
Subject(s) - upwelling , geology , latitude , oceanography , climate change , climatology , ocean acidification , low latitude , relaxation (psychology) , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , geodesy , biology , neuroscience
The relaxation time of the ocean phosphate system is close to 10 5 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.