Early Approaches for Isolating the Anthropogenic
Component of Measured TCO2
Brewer, P.G., Direct observation of the oceanic CO2 increase,
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Chen, C.-T. A. and F. J. Millero, Gradual increase of
oceanic CO2, Nature, 277, 205-206, 1979.
Canth = Cm - DCbio - Cphys
Where:
Canth    = Anthropogenic carbon concentration
Cm    = Measured total carbon concentration
DCbio    = Change in TCO2 as a result of biological activity
= RC:O2 AOU + 0.5 (NTAm – NTA0+ RN:O2 AOU)
Cphys   = Preformed TCO2 concentration of waters