Interannual sea-air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme

Roedenbeck, C., Bakker, D. C. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9234-5337, Metzl, N., Olsen, A., Sabine, C., Reum, F., Keeling, R. F. and Heimann, M. (2014) Interannual sea-air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme. Biogeosciences, 11 (17). pp. 4599-4613. ISSN 1726-4189

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Abstract

Interannual anomalies in the sea–air carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange have been estimated from surface-ocean CO2 partial pressure measurements. Available data are sufficient to constrain these anomalies in large parts of the tropical and North Pacific and in the North Atlantic, in some areas covering the period from the mid 1980s to 2011. Global interannual variability is estimated as about 0.31 Pg Cyr−1 (temporal standard deviation 1993–2008). The tropical Pacific accounts for a large fraction of this global variability, closely tied to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Anomalies occur more than 6 months later in the east than in the west. The estimated amplitude and ENSO response are roughly consistent with independent information from atmospheric oxygen data. This both supports the variability estimated from surface-ocean carbon data and demonstrates the potential of the atmospheric oxygen signal to constrain ocean biogeochemical processes. The ocean variability estimated from surface-ocean carbon data can be used to improve land CO2 flux estimates from atmospheric inversions.

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Additional Information: © Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 08 Sep 2014 12:52
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2024 16:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50003
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4599-2014

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