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Fyfe, J.C. (2006). Southern Ocean warming due to human influence. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL027247. issn: 0094-8276. |
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I show that the latest series of climate models reproduce the observed mid-depth Southern Ocean warming since the 1950s if they include time-varying changes in anthropogenic greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols and volcanic aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. The remarkable agreement between observations and state-of-the art climate models suggests significant human influence on Southern Ocean temperatures. I also show that climate models that do not include volcanic aerosols produce mid-depth Southern Ocean warming that is nearly double that produced by climate models that do include volcanic aerosols. This implies that the full effect of human-induced warming of the Southern Ocean may yet to be realized. |
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Keywords
Global Change, Oceans (1616, 3305, 4215, 4513), Global Change, Global climate models (3337, 4928), Global Change, Regional climate change |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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