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| Reconstructing the recent carbon cycle from atmospheric CO2, delta C-13 and O-2/N-2 observations |
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| Author(s): Rayner PJ, Enting IG, Francey RJ, Langenfelds R |
| Source: TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 2 Pages: 213-232 Published: APR 1999 |
| Times Cited: 216 References: 46 |
| Abstract: This paper presents an attempt to recover the space-time structure of fluxes of CO, to the atmosphere over the period 1980-1995 from atmospheric concentration and isotopic composition measurements. The technique used is Bayesian synthesis inversion in which sources are aggregated into large regions and their strengths adjusted to match observed concentrations. The sources are constrained by prior estimates based on a priori knowledge. The input data are atmospheric CO, concentration measurements from the NOAA/CMDL network, (CO2)-C-13 composition and O-2/N-2 ratios measured at Cape Grim, Tasmania by CSIRO Atmospheric Research. The primary findings are a relatively large long-term mean ocean uptake of CO2, and seasonal fluxes over land with similar integrated magnitude, but smaller peak amplitude, compared with those derived by Fung and co-workers. Predicted interannual variability is smaller than reported in previous studies. The largest contributor is the oceanic tropics where fluxes vary on the time scale of the southern oscillation. There is evidence of longer time-scale variation in land uptake. Increases in ocean uptake and northern land uptake in the early 1990s are consistent with a response to the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. |
| Document Type: Proceedings Paper |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Rayner, PJ (reprint author), Monash Univ, Cooperat Res Ctr So Hemisphere Meteorol, Clayton, Vic 3168 Australia |
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1. Monash Univ, Cooperat Res Ctr So Hemisphere Meteorol, Clayton, Vic 3168 Australia
2. CSIRO, Div Atmospher Res, Aspendale, Vic 3195 Australia |
| Publisher: MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD, 35 NORRE SOGADE, PO BOX 2148, DK-1016 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK |
| Subject Category: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| IDS Number: 211CY |
| ISSN: 0280-6509 |
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