Quantifying the roles of ocean circulation and biogeochemistry in governing ocean carbon-13 and atmospheric carbon dioxide at the last glacial maximum

Tagliabue, A.; Bopp, L.; Roche, D. M.; Bouttes, N.; Dutay, J.-C.; Alkama, R.; Kageyama, M.; Michel, E.; Paillard, D.

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Quantifying the roles of ocean circulation and biogeochemistry in governing ocean carbon-13 and atmospheric carbon dioxide at the last glacial maximum

A. Tagliabue, L. Bopp, D. M. Roche, N. Bouttes, J.-C. Dutay, R. Alkama, M. Kageyama, E. Michel, and D. Paillard

A. Tagliabue

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

L. Bopp

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

D. M. Roche

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

Department of Palaeoclimatology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

N. Bouttes

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

J.-C. Dutay

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

R. Alkama

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), 42 Avenue Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France

M. Kageyama

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

E. Michel

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

D. Paillard

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL-CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France

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