The Variable and Changing Southern Ocean Silicate Front: Insights From the CESM Large Ensemble

Freeman, Natalie M.; Lovenduski, Nicole S.; Munro, David R.; Krumhardt, Kristen M.; Lindsay, Keith; Long, Matthew C.; Maclennan, Michelle

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The Variable and Changing Southern Ocean Silicate Front: Insights From the CESM Large Ensemble

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2018
By Freeman, Natalie M. ; Lovenduski, Nicole S. ; Munro, David R. ; ...

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Journal Title:

Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Personal Author:

Freeman, Natalie M. ; Lovenduski, Nicole S. ; Munro, David R. ; Krumhardt, Kristen M. ; Lindsay, Keith ; Long, Matthew C. ; Maclennan, Michelle
NOAA Program & Office:

NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)
Description:

ThelocationoftheSouthernOceanSilicateFront(SF)isakeyindicatorofphysicalcirculation, biological productivity, and biogeography, but its variability in space and time is currently not well understoodduetoalackoftime-varyingnutrientobservations.ThisstudyprovidesaﬁrstestimateofthespatiotemporalvariabilityoftheSF,deﬁnedusing thesilicate-to-nitrate(Si:N)ratioassimulatedby theCommunityEarthSystemModel(CESM)LargeEnsemble(1920–2100),anditsresponsetoachanging SouthernOcean.ThelatitudewhereSi:N =1largelycoincideswithregionsofhighgradientsinsilicateand theobservedpositionoftheAntarcticPolarFront(PF)andservesasanindicatorofwaterswithadequate
Keywords:

Atmospheric Science Environmental Chemistry General Environmental Science Global And Planetary Change Global And Planetary Change Global And Planetary Change
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Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(5), 752-768
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1029/2017gb005816
ISSN:

0886-6236 ; 1944-9224
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Journal Article
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Grant no. NA12OAR4310058
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