Simulating natural carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean: on uncertainties associated with eddy parameterizations and iron deposition

Dietze, Heiner; Getzlaff, Julia; Löptien, Ulrike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1561-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1561-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1561-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Research article

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27 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 27 Mar 2017

Simulating natural carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean: on uncertainties associated with eddy parameterizations and iron deposition

Heiner Dietze, Julia Getzlaff, and Ulrike Löptien

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Mar 2017)
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RC1: 'Review of manuscript by Dietze, Getzlaff and Loptien', Peter R. Gent, 22 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Response to P.R. Gent', H. Dietze, 25 Jan 2017
RC2: 'REVIEW OF DIETZE ET AL. “Simulating natural carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean: on uncertainties associated with eddy parameterizations and iron deposition”', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', H. Dietze, 25 Jan 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (03 Feb 2017) by Gerhard Herndl

AR by H. Dietze on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Mar 2017) by Gerhard Herndl

Short summary

The Southern Ocean is a sink for anthropogenic carbon. Projections of how this sink will evolve in an ever-warming climate are based on coupled ocean-circulation–biogeochemical models. This study compares uncertainties of simulated oceanic carbon uptake associated to physical (eddy) parameterizations with those associated wtih (unconstrained) supply of bioavailable iron supply to the surface ocean.