Re-evaluating the 1940s CO<sub>2</sub> plateau

Bastos, Ana; Ciais, Philippe; Barichivich, Jonathan; Bopp, Laurent; Brovkin, Victor; Gasser, Thomas; Peng, Shushi; Pongratz, Julia; Viovy, Nicolas; Trudinger, Cathy M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4877-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4877-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4877-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 17

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06 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 06 Sep 2016

Re-evaluating the 1940s CO₂ plateau

Ana Bastos, Philippe Ciais, Jonathan Barichivich, Laurent Bopp, Victor Brovkin, Thomas Gasser, Shushi Peng, Julia Pongratz, Nicolas Viovy, and Cathy M. Trudinger

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Richard Houghton, 14 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Authors' response', Ana Bastos, 05 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Comment on “Re-evaluating the 1940s CO2 plateau” by Ana Bastos et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Authors'response', Ana Bastos, 05 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Referee comment on Re-evaluating the 1940s CO2 plateau', Ian Enting, 01 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Authors' respose', Ana Bastos, 05 Aug 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (05 Aug 2016) by Sönke Zaehle

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ED: Publish as is (22 Aug 2016) by Sönke Zaehle

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The ice-core record shows a stabilisation of atmospheric CO₂ in the 1940s, despite continued emissions from fossil fuel burning and land-use change (LUC). We use up-to-date reconstructions of the CO₂ sources and sinks over the 20th century to evaluate whether these capture the CO₂ plateau and to test the previously proposed hypothesis. Both strong terrestrial sink, possibly due to LUC not fully accounted for in the records, and enhanced oceanic uptake are necessary to explain this stall.

Re-evaluating the 1940s CO2 plateau

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Re-evaluating the 1940s CO₂ plateau