Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5987-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5987-2024
Development and technical paper
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13 Aug 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 13 Aug 2024

An optimal transformation method applied to diagnose the ocean carbon budget

Neill Mackay, Taimoor Sohail, Jan David Zika, Richard G. Williams, Oliver Andrews, and Andrew James Watson

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The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating climate change, but estimates of the uptake do not always agree. There is a need to reconcile these differing estimates and to improve our understanding of ocean carbon uptake. We present a new method for estimating ocean carbon uptake and test it with model data. The method effectively diagnoses the ocean carbon uptake from limited data and therefore shows promise for reconciling different observational estimates.
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