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An operational UK air-sea carbon flux observation capability
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References and further reading

  • The CarboSchools educational booklet provides a comprehensive introduction to the research questions, challenges and methods related to global changes.
  • Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements, edited by Andrew Dickson, Chris Sabine, and Jim Christian.
  • Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerabilities Workshop (SOCOVV), UNESCO, Paris, France, April 11-14 2007.
    Meeting report with recommendations.
  • Forster P, Ramaswamy V, Artaxo P, Berntsen T, Betts R, Fahey DW, Haywood J, Lean J, Lowe DC, Myhre G, Nganga J, Prinn R, Raga G, Schulz M, Van Dorland R (2007) Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
  • Metzl N, Tilbrook B, Bakker DCE, Le Quéré C, Doney S, Feely R, Hood M, Dargaville R (2007) Global changes in ocean carbon: variability and vulnerability. EOS, 88: 287-288.
    EOS report of SOCOVV meeting, via AGU website – password required.
  • Schuster U, and Watson AJ (2007). A variable and decreasing sink for atmospheric CO2 in the North Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C11006, doi:10.1029/2006JC003941.
    AGU journals, Journal of Geophysical Research.
  • Sabine CL, Heimann M, Artaxo P, Bakker DCE, Chen C-TA, Field CB, Gruber N, Le Quéré C, Prinn RG, Richey JE, et al. (2004). In Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate and the Natural World, eds Field C, Raupach MR (Island Press, Washington, DC), pp 17*44.
  • Briefing on ocean acidification for the Marine Climate Impacts Partnership Annual Report Card 2007 - 2008; contains headline issues, a brief executive summary and a short referenced scientific review.
  • Royal Society (2005). Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Policy document 12/05 Royal Society: London. The Clyvedon press Ltd, Cardiff, UK, 68pp.

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