We have employed a
Multi-parameter Linear Regression (MLR) analysis procedure to determine the
uptake of anthropogenic CO2 between two east-west hydrographic
surveys of the North Pacific that occurred in 1994 and 2004. The results
revealed water column integrated uptake rates of anthropogenic CO2
that ranged from 1.1 to 1.3 mol m-2 yr-1 depending on
location. The combined effect of the tilted density surfaces and the younger
waters with higher anthropogenic CO2 concentrations leads to higher
total column inventories in the western North Pacific.
Author: R. A. Feely, C. L. Sabine, T. Ono, R. Key, et al (Richard dot A dot Feely at noaa dot gov)
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