Gillett, N.P. Warming proportional to cumulative carbon emissions not explained by heat and carbon sharing mixing processes. Nat Commun
Objective:
- If atmosphere-ocean fluxes of carbon and heat are proportional to each other, does this imply a constant ratio of warming to cumulative emissions?
Case:
- Global
Methodology:
- CMIP6
- ESM
Data Source
- Atmosphere
Findings:
- Atmosphere-ocean fluxes of heat and carbon evolve very differently to each other in abrupt CO2 increase experients
- Changes in the atmosphere, ocean and land carbon pools all contribute to making warming proportional to cumulative emissions
