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Hall and Primeau 2004
, 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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