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Including the triple isotopic composition of dissolved oxygen in the ocean into the iLOVECLIM model (version 1.1.7): development and evaluation
Emeline Clermont
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Guyancourt, France
Ji-Woong Yang
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Guyancourt, France
Thomas Extier
Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, EPOC, UMR 5805, 33600 Pessac, France
Didier M. Roche
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Guyancourt, France
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The triple isotopic composition of atmospheric oxygen (17Δ) is used to reconstruct past global biospheric productivity. We present the first implementation of the oceanic contribution (17Δocean) in the intermediate-complexity model iLOVECLIM. Photosynthesis, respiration, and air–sea gas exchange are represented under preindustrial conditions. Model results agree with observations, providing a future key tool to study marine biogeochemical processes and past ocean biospheric productivity.
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