US JGOFS-SMP
Pro
-Largely independent of DC* approach (except for “Redfield”
corrections)
-Does not require CFC (or 3H-3He)
dates (or data)
-Explicitly accounts for mixing among water
masses
-Surface Ocean is not required to track CO2 changes in the
atmosphere
Con
-a-priori form of CO2ant depth distribution
required
-only a limited number of endmembers can be
resolved with available data
-difficulties in determining endmember
characteristics
Evaluation of Goyet
Approach for Basin Scale Anthropogenic TCO2 and 13C
Inventories