Data associated with “Direct Effects of CO2 Radiative Forcing on Ocean Heat Content and Circulation”
Output of atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) simulations are used to force an ocean-only GCM with comprehensive boundary conditions to examine the impact of direct atmospheric effects on ocean heat content. Perturbation simulations with prescribed response to quadrupling of atmospheric CO2 include altered surface winds, freshwater fluxes, and downwelling shortwave radiation.
In a study of the relationships between vegetation and environment in North Snowdonian grasslands, 166 quadrats on 10 altitudinal transects were analysed with Detrended Correspondence Analysis, Detrended Canonical Correspond- ence Analysis and Fuzzy Set Ordination. These techniques provide consistent results. DCCA and FSO, both using floris- tic community data and environmental information, simplify the procedure of vegetation-environment analysis. FSO analy- ses and synthesizes ecological information; it may yield more reasonable and interpretable results.