Global Distribution of Total Inorganic Carbon and Total Alkalinity below the Deepest Winter Mixed Layer Depths

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/760546· OSTI ID:760546

Goyet, C; Healy, R; Ryan, J; Kozyr, A

Modeling the global ocean-atmosphere carbon dioxide system is becoming increasingly important to greenhouse gas policy. These models require initialization with realistic three-dimensional (3-D) oceanic carbon fields. This report presents an approach to establishing these initial conditions from an extensive global database of ocean carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) system measurements and well-developed interpolation methods.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 760546
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CDIAC-127; NDP-076; NDP-076; TRN: AH200103%%363
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
DISTRIBUTION
INTERPOLATION