Global Ocean Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon (GOSAC)

Orr, J C

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Efficiency;    Storage;    Capacity;    58 Geosciences;    Carbon Cycle;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15007474
RP-ID  :  UCRL-ID-147867
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  15007474

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

GOSAC was an EC-funded project (1998-2001) focused on improving the predictive capacity and accelerating development of global-scale, three-dimensional, ocean carbon-cycle models by means of standardized model evaluation and model intercomparison. Through the EC Environment and Climate Programme, GOSAC supported the participation of seven European modeling groups in the second phase of the larger international effort OCMIP (the Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project). OCMIP included model comparison and validation for both CO{sub 2} and other ocean circulation and biogeochemical tracers. Beyond the international OCMIP effort, GOSAC also supported the same EC ocean carbon cycle modeling groups to make simulations to evaluate the efficiency of purposeful sequestration of CO{sub 2} in the ocean. Such sequestration, below the thermocline has been proposed as a strategy to help mitigate the increase of CO{sub 2} in the atmosphere. Some technical and scientific highlights of GOSAC are given.