The absorption of fossil-fuel CO2 by the ocean

• Main Author: Macintyre, F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-villars 1980
• Subjects: CO 2 d'origine industrielle; Modèle océanique; Modèle diffusif-advectif; Absorption du CO 2; Anthropogenic CO 2; Oceanic model; Diffusive-advective model; CO 2 absorption; Antarctic; Le Fond; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctique*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00323/43431/43084.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00323/43431/

AlI 74 ppm (1 ppm = 1.77 E 14 moles CO 2) of anthropogenic CO 2 can be accounted for in atmosphere (45 ppm) and ocean (29 ppm) by a simple "diffusive / descending-water" model. 3.8 ppm remain in the mixed layer (at equilibrium), 19.1 have diffused into intermediate waters (at 1.3 cm 2 / se...