Global Change 2

  1. Residence time (RT) equation
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  2. Carbon reservoir sizes in Gt or Pg (Atmosphere, Veg/soils, surface ocean)
    Atmosphere: 762

    Veg/soils: 2350

    Suface Ocean: 918
  3. timescale needed to equilibrate CO2 at surface (bio productivity)
    years/decades
  4. timescale of carbon sequestration in deeper water via sinking of surface water to great depths (thermohaline circulation)
    centuries
Author
KarlPeterson
ID
242650
Card Set
Global Change 2
Description
GC2
Updated