Strong Southern Ocean carbon uptake evident in airborne observations

MC Long, BB Stephens, K McKain, C Sweeney… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The Southern Ocean plays an important role in determining atmospheric carbon dioxide
(CO2), yet estimates of air-sea CO2 flux for the region diverge widely. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission: Imaging the chemistry of the global atmosphere

CR Thompson, SC Wofsy, MJ Prather… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
This article provides an overview of the NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission
and a summary of selected scientific findings to date. ATom was an airborne measurements …

Improved atmospheric constraints on Southern Ocean CO2 exchange

Y Jin, RF Keeling, BB Stephens… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We present improved estimates of air–sea CO2 exchange over three latitude bands of the
Southern Ocean using atmospheric CO2 measurements from global airborne campaigns …

Seasonal Tropospheric Distribution and Air‐Sea Fluxes of Atmospheric Potential Oxygen From Global Airborne Observations

Y Jin, BB Stephens, RF Keeling… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal change of atmospheric potential oxygen (APO∼ O2+ CO2) is a tracer for air‐sea
O2 flux with little sensitivity to the terrestrial exchange of O2 and CO2. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variations of the (O N), CO and (APO) in the troposphere over the western North Pacific

S Ishidoya, K Tsuboi, Y Niwa… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We analyzed air samples collected on board a C-130 cargo aircraft over the western North
Pacific from May 2012 to March 2020 for atmospheric δ (O 2/N 2) and CO 2 amount fraction …

Separating above-canopy CO and O measurements into their atmospheric and biospheric signatures

KAP Faassen, J Vilà-Guerau de Arellano… - …, 2024 - bg.copernicus.org
Atmospheric tracers are often used to interpret the local CO 2 budget, where measurements
at a single height are assumed to represent local flux signatures. Alternatively, these …

Observed APO Seasonal Cycle in the Pacific: Estimation of Autumn O2 Oceanic Emissions

Y Tohjima, T Shirai, M Ishizawa, H Mukai… - Global …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we investigated the seasonal cycle of atmospheric potential oxygen (APO), a
unique tracer of air‐sea gas exchanges of molecular oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide …

[HTML][HTML] Two decades of flask observations of atmospheric (), CO, and APO at stations Lutjewad (the Netherlands) and Mace Head (Ireland), and 3 years from …

LNT Nguyen, HAJ Meijer… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
We present 20-year flask sample records of atmospheric CO 2, δ (O 2/N 2), and atmospheric
potential oxygen (APO) from the stations Lutjewad (the Netherlands) and Mace Head …

Evaluating northern hemisphere growing season net carbon flux in climate models using aircraft observations

M Loechli, BB Stephens, R Commane… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding terrestrial ecosystems and their response to anthropogenic climate change
requires quantification of land‐atmosphere carbon exchange. However, top‐down and …

Neutral Tropical African CO2 Exchange Estimated From Aircraft and Satellite Observations

B Gaubert, BB Stephens, DF Baker… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical lands play an important role in the global carbon cycle yet their contribution remains
uncertain owing to sparse observations. Satellite observations of atmospheric carbon …