The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2

Bender, M. L.; Battle, M.; Keeling, R.

doi:10.15485/1464236

Title: The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2

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Carbon dioxide is a radiatively active gas whose atmospheric concentration increase is likely to affect Earth's climate. CO2 is added to the atmosphere by biomass burning and the combustion of fossil fuels. Some added CO2 remains in the atmosphere. However, substantial amounts are taken up by the oceans and land biosphere, attenuating the atmospheric increase. Atmospheric O2 measurements provide one constraint for partitioning uptake rates between the ocean and the land biosphere. Here we review studies of atmospheric O2 concentration variations and discuss their implications for CO2 uptake by the ocean and the land biosphere.

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Bender, M. L.; Battle, M.; Keeling, R.

Princeton University, Department of Geosciences; ESS-DIVE
Bowdoin College
University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1997

Other Number(s):: cdiac:O2/N2 data

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; American Samoa: Delta; Baring Head, New Zealand: Delta; CO2; Cape Grim, Tasmania: Delta; Carbon Dioxide; Collection Date; Global; N2; O2; Point Barrow, AK: Delta; Station; Syowa, Antarctica: Delta; carbon; cycle; global carbon cycle

OSTI Identifier:: 1464236

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15485/1464236

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                    Bender, M. L., Battle, M., and Keeling, R. The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2.  United States: N. p., 1997. 
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                    Bender, M. L., Battle, M., & Keeling, R. The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1464236

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                    Bender, M. L., Battle, M., and Keeling, R. 1997.  
"The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1464236.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464236. Pub date:Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1997

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  abstractNote = {Carbon dioxide is a radiatively active gas whose atmospheric concentration increase is likely to affect Earth's climate. CO2 is added to the atmosphere by biomass burning and the combustion of fossil fuels. Some added CO2 remains in the atmosphere. However, substantial amounts are taken up by the oceans and land biosphere, attenuating the atmospheric increase. Atmospheric O2 measurements provide one constraint for partitioning uptake rates between the ocean and the land biosphere. Here we review studies of atmospheric O2 concentration variations and discuss their implications for CO2 uptake by the ocean and the land biosphere.},

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