A high concentration CO₂ pool over the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic emissions have produced significant amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution. High levels of atmospheric CO₂ increases global temperature as CO₂ absorbs outgoing longwave radiation and re-emits. Though a well-mixed greenhouse gas, CO₂ concentration is not uniform in the atmosphere across different altitudes and latitudes. Here, we uncover a region of high CO₂ concentration (i.e. CO₂ pool) in the middle troposphere (500-300 hPa) over the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP, 40° E-140° W, 25° S-25° N), in which the CO₂ concentration is higher than that of other regions in the same latitude band (20° N-20° S), by using CO₂ satellite measuremen

SUBMITTER: Peter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10017811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature