Articles | Volume 17, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8049-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8049-2024
Development and technical paper
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12 Nov 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 12 Nov 2024

An optimal transformation method for inferring ocean tracer sources and sinks

Jan D. Zika and Taimoor Sohail

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We describe a method to relate fluxes of heat and freshwater at the sea surface to the resulting distribution of seawater among categories such as warm and salty or cold and salty. The method exploits the laws that govern how heat and salt change when water mixes. The method will allow the climate community to improve estimates of how much heat the ocean is absorbing and how rainfall and evaporation are changing across the globe.