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Anthropogenic CO 2 Uptake by the Ocean Based on the Global Chlorofluorocarbon Data Set

McNeil, Ben I., Matear, Richard J., Key, Robert M., Bullister, John L., Sarmiento, Jorge L.·2003·Science

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We estimated the oceanic inventory of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from 1980 to 1999 using a technique based on the global chlorofluorocarbon data set. Our analysis suggests that the ocean stored 14.8 petagrams of anthropogenic carbon from mid-1980 to mid-1989 and 17.9 petagrams of carbon from mid-1990 to mid-1999, indicating an oceanwide net uptake of 1.6 and 2.0 ± 0.4 petagrams of carbon per year, respectively. Our results provide an upper limit on the solubility-driven anthropogenic CO 2 flux into the ocean, and they suggest that most ocean general circulation models are overestimating oceanic anthropogenic CO 2 uptake over the past two decades.

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Authors
McNeil, B. I., Matear, R. J., Key, R. M., Bullister, J. L., & Sarmiento, J. L.
Venue
Science
Published
2003-01-10
Volume
299
Issue
5604
Pages
235-239
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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199
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18.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
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McNeil, B. I., Matear, R. J., Key, R. M., Bullister, J. L., & Sarmiento, J. L. (2003). Anthropogenic CO 2 Uptake by the Ocean Based on the Global Chlorofluorocarbon Data Set. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1077429

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