Accurate estimates of
the spatial distribution of pre-industrial and anthropogenic air-sea carbon
fluxes are crucial to understanding the processes driving ocean carbon uptake. We
present regional anthropogenic and pre-industrial air-sea fluxes estimated
separately from their reconstructed concentrations and Ocean General
Circulation Models (OGCM). The ocean interior carbon transports required to
explain these fluxes are calculated and their implications for the global
carbon cycle are discussed.
Author: S.E. Mikaloff Fletcher, N.P. Gruber, A.R. Jacobson, et al (fletcher at igpp dot ucla dot edu)
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