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Observational Contrains on the Global Atmospheric Co 2 Budget

Tans, Pieter P., Fung, Inez Y., Takahashi, Taro·1990·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.247.4949.1431
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Observed atmospheric concentrations of CO(2) and data on the partial pressures of CO(2) in surface ocean waters are combined to identify globally significant sources and sinks of CO(2). The atmospheric data are compared with boundary layer concentrations calculated with the transport fields generated by a general circulation model (GCM) for specified source-sink distributions. In the model the observed north-south atmospheric concentration gradient can be maintained only if sinks for CO(2) are greater in the Northern than in the Southern Hemisphere. The observed differences between the partial pressure of CO(2) in the surface waters of the Northern Hemisphere and the atmosphere are too small for the oceans to be the major sink of fossil fuel CO(2). Therefore, a large amount of the CO(2) is apparently absorbed on the continents by terrestrial ecosystems.

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Authors
Tans, P. P., Fung, I. Y., & Takahashi, T.
Affiliations
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
  • Goddard Institute for Space Studies (US)
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (US)
ORCID
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
1990-03-23
Volume
247
Issue
4949
Pages
1431-1438
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.247.4949.1431
OpenAlex
W2074247901
Cited by
2,066
References
50
Citations by year
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FWCI
232.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
Keywords
fossil fuel CO2 emissions, ocean carbon sink

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