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Bennington et al. 2022

Bennington, V., L. Gloege, and G.A. McKinley, 2022: Observation-based variability in the global ocean carbon sink from 1959-2020. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, no. 14, e2022GL098632, doi:10.1029/2022GL098632.

The ocean plays a critical role in reducing the human impact on the climate by absorbing and sequestering CO2. To quantify the ocean carbon sink, surface ocean pCO2; must be estimated across space and time. Sparse in situ pCO2; observations began in the 1980s, thus only global ocean biogeochemical models (GOBMs) have been the basis for quantification of the ocean carbon sink prior to the 1980s. The LDEO-Hybrid Physics Data product (LDEO-HPD) incorporates the physical knowledge within the GOBMs and corrects these estimates to observations. Here, we extend the LDEO-HPD product back to 1959 using a climatology of model-observation misfits. LDEO-HPD is closer to independent observations than unadjusted GOBMs. Most of the improvement from the GOBM prior in LDEO-HPD is attributable to the climatological adjustment, which supports the use of a climatological adjustment prior to 1982. Air-sea CO2; fluxes for 1959-2020 demonstrate response to atmospheric pCO2 growth and volcanic eruptions.

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@article{be09200d,
  author={Bennington, V. and Gloege, L. and McKinley, G. A.},
  title={Observation-based variability in the global ocean carbon sink from 1959-2020},
  year={2022},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={49},
  number={14},
  pages={e2022GL098632},
  doi={10.1029/2022GL098632},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - be09200d
AU  - Bennington, V.
AU  - Gloege, L.
AU  - McKinley, G. A.
PY  - 2022
TI  - Observation-based variability in the global ocean carbon sink from 1959-2020
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 49
IS  - 14
SP  - e2022GL098632
DO  - 10.1029/2022GL098632
ER  -

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