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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-523-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-523-2022
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27 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2022

Decomposing oceanic temperature and salinity change using ocean carbon change

Charles E. Turner, Peter J. Brown, Kevin I. C. Oliver, and Elaine L. McDonagh

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Ocean heat and carbon content increase proportionately as the planet warms. However, circulation changes in response to changing heat content, redistributing preindustrial heat, carbon, and salinity fields. Redistribution leaves properties unchanged, so we may leverage our skill identifying preindustrial carbon in order to trace preindustrial heat and salinity field redistribution. Excess salinity opposes excess-temperature-induced density change, and redistribution grows continually.
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