Search Results - "Nurser, G. A."
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The Rossby radius in the Arctic Ocean
Published in Ocean science (28-11-2014)“…The first (and second) baroclinic deformation (or Rossby) radii are presented north of ~60° N, focusing on deep basins and shelf seas in the high Arctic Ocean,…”
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Global rate and spectral characteristics of internal gravity wave generation by geostrophic flow over topography
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research (01-09-2011)“…The rate of generation of internal gravity waves in the lee of small length scale topography by geostrophic flow in the World Ocean was estimated using linear…”
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Surface warming hiatus caused by increased heat uptake across multiple ocean basins
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-11-2014)“…The first decade of the 21st century was characterized by a hiatus in global surface warming. Using ocean model hindcasts and reanalyses we show that heat…”
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Spin‐up of UK Earth System Model 1 (UKESM1) for CMIP6
Published in Journal of advances in modeling earth systems (01-08-2020)“…For simulations intended to study the influence of anthropogenic forcing on climate, temporal stability of the Earth's natural heat, freshwater, and…”
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Eddy-induced mixed layer shallowing and mixed layer/thermocline exchange
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research (15-09-2000)“…The effects of eddies on the mixed layer and on the transfer of properties between the mixed layer and thermocline are studied in a high‐resolution model of an…”
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A model-based assessment of the TrOCA approach for estimating anthropogenic carbon in the ocean
Published in Biogeosciences (24-02-2010)“…The quantification of the amount of anthropogenic carbon (Cant) that the ocean has taken up from the atmosphere since pre-industrial times is a challenging…”
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Changes in ocean vertical heat transport with global warming
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-06-2015)“…Heat transport between the surface and deep ocean strongly influences transient climate change. Mechanisms setting this transport are investigated using…”
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Water mass transformation in the North Atlantic over 1985-2002 simulated in an eddy-permitting model
Published in Ocean science (01-01-2005)“…Water mass transformation in the North Atlantic is examined in an eddy-permitting simulation with the OCCAM ocean general circulation model, forced by…”
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Mechanisms controlling primary and new production in a global ecosystem model – Part I: Validation of the biological simulation
Published in Ocean science (01-01-2006)“…A global general circulation model coupled to a simple six-compartment ecosystem model is used to study the extent to which global variability in primary and…”
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Mechanisms controlling primary and new production in a global ecosystem model – Part II: The role of the upper ocean short-term periodic and episodic mixing events
Published in Ocean science (01-01-2006)“…The use of 6 h, daily, weekly and monthly atmospheric forcing resulted in dramatically different predictions of plankton productivity in a global 3-D coupled…”
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Diagnosis of vertical velocities with the QG omega equation: an examination of the errors due to sampling strategy
Published in Deep-sea research. Part I, Oceanographic research papers (01-02-2001)“…Vertical motion at the mesoscale plays a key role in ocean circulation, ocean-atmosphere interaction, and hence climate. It is not yet possible to make direct…”
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OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (19-09-2016)“…The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6…”
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Evaluating the physical and biogeochemical state of the global ocean component of UKESM1 in CMIP6 historical simulations
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (08-06-2021)“…The ocean plays a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth system (ES). At the present time it is also a major sink both for the carbon dioxide (CO2)…”
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Surface atmospheric forcing as the driver of long-term pathways and timescales of ocean ventilation
Published in Ocean science (15-07-2021)“…The ocean takes up 93 % of the excess heat in the climate system and approximately a quarter of the anthropogenic carbon via air–sea fluxes. Ocean ventilation…”
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