Evaluation of Goyet Approach for Basin Scale
Anthropogenic TCO2 and 13C Inventories
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