Southern Ocean Carbon Synthesis

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Southern Ocean Carbon Synthesis

• Mario Hoppema, Marta Alvarez, Dorothee Bakker,
  Steven van Heuven, Masao Ishii, Bob Key, Nicolas
  Metzl, Claire Lo Monaco, Aida Rios, Chris Sabine,
  Bronte Tilbrook, Anton Velo

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• Southern Ocean here defined as region south of
  30S
• 3 sub-regions
• Atlantic 70W 30E
• Indian 30E 120E
• Pacific 120E 70W
• In the Pacific sector strong cooperation with the
  Pacific Synthesis PICES group.
• Partly same members (Chris Sabine, Bronte
  Tilbrook, Masao Ishii, Bob Key)

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• Until now
• 22 new cruises in the Southern Ocean
• About 10 more cruises to follow
• Also
• 46 cruises from GLODAP as master cruises
• However, the uncorrected/not adjusted cruise data
  are used.

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Southern Ocean Region with least data Few
repeat sections 231 Cross-over points, including
those with GLODAP cruises (but more in the near
future)
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• Summary of offsets for the SO Atl-Sector

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• Alkalinity

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Preliminary adjustments after applying inversion
method
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