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Hall and Primeau 2004

Hall, T.M., and F.W. Primeau, 2004: Separating the natural and anthropogenic air-sea flux of CO2: The Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23302, doi:10.1029/2004GL020589.

We estimate the natural and anthropogenic components of the air-sea flux of CO2 in the Indian Ocean. The increase in atmospheric CO2 driven by human activity has caused the air-sea CO2 disequilibrium, and consequently the flux, to increase significantly over the industrial era. We estimate the flux in the year 1780 to be approximately 0.2 Gt/yr, increasing by 0.26 Gt/yr to 0.5 Gt/yr in 2000. The estimate of the natural (preindustrial) flux is highly sensitive to uncertainties in modern-day CO2 disequilibrium measurements. By contrast, the estimate of the anthropogenic flux is only weakly sensitive to these measurements.

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@article{ha07010j,
  author={Hall, T. M. and Primeau, F. W.},
  title={Separating the natural and anthropogenic air-sea flux of CO2: The Indian Ocean},
  year={2004},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={31},
  pages={L23302},
  doi={10.1029/2004GL020589},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ha07010j
AU  - Hall, T. M.
AU  - Primeau, F. W.
PY  - 2004
TI  - Separating the natural and anthropogenic air-sea flux of CO2: The Indian Ocean
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 31
SP  - L23302
DO  - 10.1029/2004GL020589
ER  -

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