An observing system simulation for Southern Ocean carbon dioxide uptake

The Southern Ocean is critically important to the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Up to half of the excess CO2 currently in the ocean entered through the Southern Ocean. That uptake helps to maintain the global carbon balance and buffers transient climate change from fossil fuel emissions. Howe...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Main Authors: Majkut, Joseph D., Carter, Brendan R., Froelicher, Thomas L., Dufour, Carolina O., Rodgers, Keith B., Sarmiento, Jorge L.
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Language:English
Published: Royal Soc 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0046
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/38747.pdf
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.b2a2q4 2023-05-15T18:23:40+02:00 An observing system simulation for Southern Ocean carbon dioxide uptake Majkut, Joseph D. Carter, Brendan R. Froelicher, Thomas L. Dufour, Carolina O. Rodgers, Keith B. Sarmiento, Jorge L. 2014-06-02 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0046 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/38747.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/ en eng Royal Soc doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0046 10670/1.b2a2q4 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/38747.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00290/40115/ other Archimer, archive institutionnelle de l'Ifremer Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A-mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences (1364-503X) (Royal Soc), 2014-06-02 , Vol. 372 , N. 2019 , P. 1-17 envir geo Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ 2014 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0046 2023-01-22T18:25:04Z The Southern Ocean is critically important to the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Up to half of the excess CO2 currently in the ocean entered through the Southern Ocean. That uptake helps to maintain the global carbon balance and buffers transient climate change from fossil fuel emissions. However, the future evolution of the uptake is uncertain, because our understanding of the dynamics that govern the Southern Ocean CO2 uptake is incomplete. Sparse observations and incomplete model formulations limit our ability to constrain the monthly and annual uptake, interannual variability and long-term trends. Float-based sampling of ocean biogeochemistry provides an opportunity for transforming our understanding of the Southern Ocean CO2 flux. In this work, we review current estimates of the CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean and projections of its response to climate change. We then show, via an observational system simulation experiment, that float-based sampling provides a significant opportunity for measuring the mean fluxes and monitoring the mean uptake over decadal scales. Text Southern Ocean Unknown Southern Ocean Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 372 2019 20130046
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description The Southern Ocean is critically important to the oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Up to half of the excess CO2 currently in the ocean entered through the Southern Ocean. That uptake helps to maintain the global carbon balance and buffers transient climate change from fossil fuel emissions. However, the future evolution of the uptake is uncertain, because our understanding of the dynamics that govern the Southern Ocean CO2 uptake is incomplete. Sparse observations and incomplete model formulations limit our ability to constrain the monthly and annual uptake, interannual variability and long-term trends. Float-based sampling of ocean biogeochemistry provides an opportunity for transforming our understanding of the Southern Ocean CO2 flux. In this work, we review current estimates of the CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean and projections of its response to climate change. We then show, via an observational system simulation experiment, that float-based sampling provides a significant opportunity for measuring the mean fluxes and monitoring the mean uptake over decadal scales.
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Carter, Brendan R.
Froelicher, Thomas L.
Dufour, Carolina O.
Rodgers, Keith B.
Sarmiento, Jorge L.
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Dufour, Carolina O.
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title An observing system simulation for Southern Ocean carbon dioxide uptake
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