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Carbon Exchange Between Atmosphere and Oceans in a Latitude-Dependent Advection-Diffusion Model
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2016
Abstract
Marine transport of inorganic and organic carbon is simulated by means of a computer model in which the oceans are divided into a high and low latitude region. Water transport (and with it carbon transport) is reproduced 1) as downwelling of surface waters at low latitudes, and 2) in general, as different depth-dependent turbulent diffusion in both deep-sea regions. The model is calibrated with pre-bomb 14C and validated against perturbations of total carbon, 13C/C- and 14C/C-ratios; it is compatible with carbon release from fossil fuels and from biogenic sources.
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