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| Woolf, D.k.; Shutler, J.d.; Goddijn‐murphy, L.; Watson, A.j.; Chapron, Bertrand; Nightingale, P.d.; Donlon, C.j.; Piskozub, J.; Yelland, M.j.; Ashton, Ian; Holding, T.; Schuster, U.; Girard-ardhuin, Fanny; Grouazel, Antoine; Piolle, Jean-francois; Warren, M.; Wrobel‐niedzwiecka, I.; Land, P.e.; Torres, R.; Prytherch, J.; Moat, B.; Hanafin, J.; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Paul, Frederic. |
| The contemporary air‐sea flux of CO2 is investigated by the use of an air‐sea flux equation, with particular attention to the uncertainties in global values and their origin with respect to that equation. In particular, uncertainties deriving from the transfer velocity and from sparse upper ocean sampling are investigated. Eight formulations of air‐sea gas transfer velocity are used to evaluate the combined standard uncertainty resulting from several sources of error. Depending on expert opinion, a standard uncertainty in transfer velocity of either ~5% or ~10% can be argued and that will contribute a proportional error in air‐sea flux. The limited sampling of upper ocean fCO2 is readily apparent in the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) databases. The effect... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Carbon dioxide; Air-sea flux; Uncertainty; Transfer velocity; Sampling. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00513/62450/66754.pdf |
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