Global carbon budgets estimated from atmospheric O<sub>2</sub>∕N<sub>2</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> observations in the western Pacific region over a 15-year period
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Published:2019-07-19
Issue:14
Volume:19
Page:9269-9285
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ISSN:1680-7324
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Container-title:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Author:
Tohjima Yasunori,Mukai Hitoshi,Machida Toshinobu,Hoshina Yu,Nakaoka Shin-Ichiro
Abstract
Abstract. Time series of the atmospheric O2∕N2 ratio and CO2 mole
fraction of flask samples obtained from the National Institute for Environmental Studies' (NIES's) flask sampling network are
presented. The network includes two ground sites, Hateruma island (HAT;
24.05∘ N, 123.81∘ E) and Cape Ochiishi (COI; 43.17∘ N,
145.50∘ E), and cargo ships regularly sailing in the western
Pacific. Based on temporal changes in fossil-fuel-derived CO2
emissions, global atmospheric CO2 burden and atmospheric potential
oxygen (APO), which were calculated from the observed O2∕N2 ratio
and CO2 mole fraction according to APO = O2+1.1×CO2, we estimated the global carbon sinks of the ocean and land
biosphere for a period of more than 15 years. In this carbon budget
calculation, we adopted a correction for the time-varying ocean O2
outgassing effect with an average of 0.54 PgC yr−1 for 2000–2016. The
outgassing effect, attributed mainly to global ocean warming, was evaluated
under the assumption that the net ocean gas flux is proportional to the
change in the ocean heat content for the 0–2000 m layer. The resulting
oceanic and land biotic carbon sinks were 2.6±0.7 and
1.5±0.9 PgC yr−1, respectively, for a 17-year period
(2000–2016) and 2.4±0.7 and 1.9±0.9 PgC yr−1, respectively, for a 14-year period (2003–2016). Despite the
independent approaches, the sink values of this study agreed with those
estimated by the Global Carbon Project (GCP) within a difference of about
±0.4 PgC yr−1. We examined the carbon sinks for an interval of
5 years to assess the temporal trends. The pentad (5-year) ocean sinks
showed an increasing trend at a rate of 0.08±0.02 PgC yr−2
during 2001–2014, while the pentad land sinks showed an increasing trend at
a rate of 0.23±0.04 PgC yr−2 for 2001–2009 and a decreasing
trend at a rate of -0.22±0.04 PgC yr−2 during 2009–2014.
Although there is good agreement in the trends of the pentad sinks between
this study and that of GCP, the increasing rate of the pentad ocean sinks of
this study was about 2 times larger than that of GCP.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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