Open AccessSteady-state and transient modeling of tracer and nutrient distributions in the global ocean. Final report, August 1, 1993--July 31, 1995
Author(s) -
Thomas F. Stocker,
Jean LynchStieglitz,
W. S. Broecker
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/666233
Subject(s) - ocean gyre , tracer , carbon cycle , upwelling , environmental science , annual cycle , radiocarbon dating , ocean current , oceanography , latitude , climatology , carbon fibers , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , materials science , subtropics , ecology , composite material , biology , paleontology , geodesy , ecosystem , fishery , composite number , nuclear physics
The authors have completed the studies using the inorganic carbon cycle in the zonally averaged ocean circulation model to calculate anthropogenic uptake of CO{sub 2} and bomb radiocarbon. While the results are in broad agreement with previous studies, the authors have learned that horizontal mixing processes due to gyre circulation are important for transient tracer experiments over a few decades. Using the inorganic carbon cycle model the authors have started to look at the distributions of {delta}{sup 13}C in the ocean. The model is able to reproduce faithfully the air-sea fractionation of {delta}{sup 13}C. The effect of changing sea surface temperature in the middle and low latitudes of the world ocean on {rho}CO{sub 2}{sup atm} is studied in this model and compared to the organic carbon cycle model of the Hamburg group. They find significant differences in sensitivity and are in the process of investigating possible reasons. Incorporation of the organic component is still ongoing. In the present version the surface concentrations of phosphate are still too high indicating strong upwelling