Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2161-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2161-2018
Research article
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13 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2018

Constraints on global oceanic emissions of N2O from observations and models

Erik T. Buitenhuis, Parvadha Suntharalingam, and Corinne Le Quéré

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Nov 2017) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Erik Buitenhuis on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Nov 2017) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Dec 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Dec 2017) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Erik Buitenhuis on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2018)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jan 2018) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Feb 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Feb 2018) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Erik Buitenhuis on behalf of the Authors (07 Mar 2018)  Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Mar 2018) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Erik Buitenhuis on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2018)
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Thanks to decreases in CFC concentrations, N2O is now the third-most important greenhouse gas, and the dominant contributor to stratospheric ozone depletion. Here we estimate the ocean–atmosphere N2O flux. We find that an estimate based on observations alone has a large uncertainty. By combining observations and a range of model simulations we find that the uncertainty is much reduced to 2.45 ± 0.8 Tg N yr−1, and better constrained and at the lower end of the estimate in the latest IPCC report.
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