Terhaar et al. (2022): Observation-constrained estimates of the global ocean carbon sink from Earth system models
Jens Terhaar, Thomas L. Frölicher, Fortunat Joos IN: Biogeosciences, 19, 4431–4457, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4431-2022
Estimates of the ocean anthropogenic carbon uptake vary across various observation-based and model-based approaches. Here, the authors show that the global ocean anthropogenic carbon sink simulated by Earth system models can be constrained by two physical parameters, the present-day sea surface salinity in the subtropical–polar frontal zone in the Southern Ocean and the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and one biogeochemical parameter, the Revelle factor of the global surface ocean.