The document summarizes a presentation on combining oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide data to constrain CO2 fluxes in Europe and surrounding oceans. It discusses using atmospheric CO2 concentration measurements along with ocean surface CO2 and dissolved inorganic carbon measurements to infer regional CO2 fluxes via atmospheric inversion modeling. Results show seasonal and interannual variability in fluxes agree reasonably between different modeling methods, though uncertainty remains at the global scale due to sparse data in some regions. Combining multiple modeling approaches provides a more robust estimate of surface ocean-atmosphere CO2 fluxes than any single method alone.
1. ICOS Open Science Conference, Helsinki, Sept 2016
Combining
Oceanic And
Atmospheric Carbon Data
to constrain CO2 fluxes
in Europe and its surrounding oceans
Christian R¨odenbeck
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
D. C. E. Bakker, B. Pfeil, G. Rehder, M. Glockzin,
R. Keeling, and M. Heimann
In collaboration with
C. Le Qu´er´e, S. Zaehle
N. Gruber, Y. Iida, A.R. Jacobson, S. Jones, P. Landsch¨utzer, N. Metzl, S. Nakaoka, A. Olsen,
G.-H. Park, P. Peylin, K.B. Rodgers, T.P. Sasse, U. Schuster, J.D. Shutler, V. Valsala,
R. Wanninkhof, J. Zeng,
Many thanks to:
Data contributors, DKRZ, CarboChange, IMBER / SOLAS
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Atmosphere
CO2
Mixed
layer
pCO2,
[DIC]
Sea-air gas exchange
Carbon
North Atlantic Temp.
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.50
-0.25
0.00
0.25
0.50
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
CO2 flux
inferred from CO2 inversion
North Atlantic Temp.
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.50
-0.25
0.00
0.25
0.50
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
inferred from pCO2 interpolation
Europe
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.50
-0.25
0.00
0.25
0.50
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
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W Europe
2012 2013 2014 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.6
-0.3
0.0
0.3
0.6
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
– “Known truth”
(OCN, Zaehle et al., 2010)
– Retrieved from “synthetic data”
(s04 v3.8 sites)
(3-monthly anomalies)
What do the atmospheric stations “see”?
Testing existing and potential CO2 observations (RINGO)
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W Europe
2012 2013 2014 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.6
-0.3
0.0
0.3
0.6
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
– “Known truth”
(OCN, Zaehle et al., 2010)
– Retrieved from “synthetic data”
(s04 v3.8 sites)
(3-monthly anomalies)
Northern Europe
2012 2013 2014 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
What do the atmospheric stations “see”?
Testing existing and potential CO2 observations (RINGO)
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W Europe
2012 2013 2014 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.6
-0.3
0.0
0.3
0.6
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
– “Known truth”
(OCN, Zaehle et al., 2010)
– Retrieved from “synthetic data”
(s04 v3.8 sites)
(3-monthly anomalies)
Northern Europe
2012 2013 2014 2015
year (A.D.)
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
CO2
Flux(PgC/yr)
– Retrieved from “synthetic data”
(s04 v3.8 sites +
assumend FINNMAID data)
Travem¨unde ↔ Helsinki
What do the atmospheric stations “see”?
Testing existing and potential CO2 observations (RINGO)
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(18.%) Jena oc_v1.4S
(121.%) Jena oc_v1.4S (CrossVal5yr0)
Yearly CO2 flux (PgC/yr)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Yearly pCO2 mismatch (uatm)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
-50
-30
-10
10
30
50
No data
Data
No data
Data
No data
Data
→ Data-only interpolation
cannot bridge multi-year gaps
Cross Validation
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(28.%) ETH-SOMFFN2016
(48.%) ETH-SOMFFN2016 (CrossVal5yr0)
Yearly CO2 flux (PgC/yr)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Yearly pCO2 mismatch (uatm)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
-50
-30
-10
10
30
50
No data
Data
No data
Data
No data
Data
→ Regression against drivers
(SST, SSS, Chl-a, atm. CO2)
offers some bridging capacity
Cross Validation
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(28.%) ETH-SOMFFN2016
(48.%) ETH-SOMFFN2016 (CrossVal5yr0)
Yearly CO2 flux (PgC/yr)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Yearly pCO2 mismatch (uatm)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
-50
-30
-10
10
30
50
No data
Data
No data
Data
No data
Data
Yearly pCO2 mismatch (uatm)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
-50
-30
-10
10
30
50
Data
No data
Data
No data
Data
No data
Cross Validation