Global ocean storage of anthropogenic carbon
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · Columbia University · +10 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract. The global ocean is a significant sink for anthropogenic carbon (Cant), absorbing roughly a third of human CO2 emitted over the industrial period. Robust estimates of the magnitude and variability of the storage and distribution of Cant in the ocean are therefore important for understanding the human impact on climate. In this synthesis we review observational and model-based estimates of the storage and transport of Cant in the ocean. We pay particular attention to the uncertainties and potential biases inherent in different inference schemes. On a global scale, three data-based estimates of the distribution and inventory of Cant are now available. While the inventories are found to agree within…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 27.40
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 139
Authors
11- SKSamar KhatiwalaCorresponding
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
- TTToste Tanhua
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- SES. E. Mikaloff Fletcher
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
- MGMarkus Gerber
University of Bern, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
- SCScott C. Doney
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Ocean current
- Data assimilation
- Climatology
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Hydrography
- Predictability
- Oceanography
- Life below water