D
C* Calculations
Gruber, N., J. L. Sarmiento and T. F. Stocker, An improved method for detecting
anthropogenic CO
2
in the oceans,
Global Biogeochem. Cycles
, 10, 809-837, 1996.
C
anth
= C
m
-
D
C
bio
- C
eq280
–
D
C
diseq
Where:
C
anth
= Anthropogenic carbon concentration
C
m
= Measured total carbon concentration
D
C
bio
= Change in TCO
2
as a result of biological activity
C
eq280
= TCO
2
of waters in equilibrium with an atmospheric CO
2
of 280 µatm
D
C
diseq
= Air-sea difference in CO
2
concentration expressed in µmol kg
-1
of TCO
2
D
C* = C
m
-
D
C
bio
- C
eq280
= C
anth
+
D
C
diseq