Table 9-2: Summary of calculated net global CO2 fluxes and global average transfer velocities without catalysis
 

Net global air-sea CO2 Fluxes
(Mt C /yr, +ve from Air into Sea)

Global average transfer velocity
(x10-2 mol m-2 m atm-1 yr-1)
 

flux due to diffusion

flux due to reaction

 tv due to diffusion

tv due to reaction
   

Hoover & Berkshire

H&B
+OH- rate *6

  

Hoover & Berkshire

H&B
+OH- rate *6
Liss & Merlivat +1905 -36.1

-1.9%

 -53.9

-2.8%

 3.055 0.162

5.3%

 0.276

9.0%
L&M +Rayleigh distn +2218 -22.2

-1.0%

 -27.9

-1.3%

 3.566 0.241

6.8%

 0.380

10.7%
L&M (Boutin et al 1997) +2010 -40

-1.9%

n /a

3.33 0.23

6.9%

n / a

Wanninkhof +3362 -20.1

-0.6%

 -34.3

-1.0%

 5.317 0.089

1.7%

 0.165

3.1%
Wann +Rayleigh distn +4191 -22.2

-0.5%

 -33.1

-0.8%

 6.628 0.137

2.1%

 0.240

3.6%
Global 14C

n /a

6.2 total