Reconstruction of super-resolution ocean pCO2 and air–sea fluxes of CO2 from satellite imagery in the southeastern Atlantic

Hernández-Carrasco, I.; Sudre, J.; Garçon, V.; Yahia, H.; Garbe, C.; Paulmier, A.; Dewitte, B.; Illig, S.; Dadou, I.; González-Dávila, M.; Santana-Casiano, J. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5229-2015

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11 Sep 2015

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| 11 Sep 2015

Reconstruction of super-resolution ocean pCO₂ and air–sea fluxes of CO₂ from satellite imagery in the southeastern Atlantic

I. Hernández-Carrasco, J. Sudre, V. Garçon, H. Yahia, C. Garbe, A. Paulmier, B. Dewitte, S. Illig, I. Dadou, M. González-Dávila, and J. M. Santana-Casiano

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RC C251: 'Reconstruction of super-resolution fields of ocean pCO2 and air–sea fluxes of CO2 from satellite imagery in the Southeastern Atlantic', Luke Gregor, 18 Feb 2015
- AC C1685: 'Responses to comments from L. Gregor - correct author comment', Ismael Hernández-Carrasco, 24 Apr 2015
RC C1115: 'Review of Hernandez-Carrasco et al 2015 (BGD)', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Apr 2015
- AC C1676: 'Responses to comments from referee #2', Ismael Hernández-Carrasco, 24 Apr 2015
AC C1640: 'Responses to comments from referee #1', Ismael Hernández-Carrasco, 24 Apr 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ismael Hernández-Carrasco on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 May 2015) by Bronwen Currie

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 May 2015)

RR by Luke Gregor (26 May 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Jun 2015) by Bronwen Currie

AR by Ismael Hernández-Carrasco on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Jul 2015) by Bronwen Currie

AR by Ismael Hernández-Carrasco on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Aug 2015) by Bronwen Currie

AR by Ismael Hernández-Carrasco on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

We have reconstructed maps of air-sea CO2 fluxes at high resolution (4 km) in the offshore Benguela region using sea surface temperature and ocean colour data and CarbonTracker CO2 fluxes data at low resolution (110 km). The inferred representation of pCO2 improves the description provided by CarbonTracker, enhancing small-scale variability. We find that the resolution, as well as the inferred pCO2 data itself, is closer to in situ measurements of pCO2.