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Data description paper
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26 Oct 2021
Data description paper |
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| 26 Oct 2021
Description of a global marine particulate organic carbon-13 isotope data set
Maria-Theresia Verwega
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Department of Computer Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Markus Schartau
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Robyn Elizabeth Tuerena
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage, Oban, PA37 1QA, UK
Anne Lorrain
LEMAR, Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, 29280 Plouzané, France
Andreas Oschlies
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Thomas Slawig
Department of Computer Science, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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This work describes a ready-to-use collection of particulate organic carbon stable isotope ratio data sets. It covers the 1960s–2010s and all main oceans, providing meta-information and gridded data. The best coverage exists in Atlantic, Indian and Southern Ocean surface waters during the 1990s. It indicates no major difference between methods and shows decreasing values towards high latitudes, with the lowest in the Southern Ocean, and a long-term decline in all regions but the Southern Ocean.
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