An improved method for detecting anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans

• Main Authors: Gruber, Nicolas, Sarmiento, Jorge L., Stocker, Thomas F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1996
• Subjects: 530 Physics; Sarmiento; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/158804; https://boris.unibe.ch/158804/

An improved method has been developed for the separation of the anthropogenic CO2 from the large natural background variability of dissolved inorganic carbon (C) in the ocean. This technique employs a new quasi-conservative carbon tracer ΔC*, which reflects the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 and the ai...