Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub>
<p>Is the fraction of anthropogenically released <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> that remains in the atmosphere (the airborne fraction) increasing? Is the rate at which the ocean and land sinks take up <span class="inline-formula&quo...
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doaj-62df7d0379e24b76805e36c85f6200a12020-11-24T21:49:12ZengCopernicus PublicationsBiogeosciences1726-41701726-41892019-09-01163651366310.5194/bg-16-3651-2019Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub>M. Bennedsen0M. Bennedsen1E. Hillebrand2E. Hillebrand3S. J. Koopman4S. J. Koopman5Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé, 4 8210 Aarhus V, DenmarkCenter for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé, 4 8210 Aarhus V, DenmarkDepartment of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé, 4 8210 Aarhus V, DenmarkCenter for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé, 4 8210 Aarhus V, DenmarkDepartment of Econometrics, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the NetherlandsCenter for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé, 4 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark<p>Is the fraction of anthropogenically released <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> that remains in the atmosphere (the airborne fraction) increasing? Is the rate at which the ocean and land sinks take up <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> from the atmosphere decreasing? We analyse these questions by means of a statistical dynamic multivariate model from which we estimate the unobserved trend processes together with the parameters that govern them. We show how the concept of a global carbon budget can be used to obtain two separate data series measuring the same physical object of interest, such as the airborne fraction. Incorporating these additional data into the dynamic multivariate model increases the number of available observations, thus improving the reliability of trend and parameter estimates. We find no statistical evidence of an increasing airborne fraction, but we do find statistical evidence of a decreasing sink rate. We infer that the efficiency of the sinks in absorbing <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> from the atmosphere is decreasing at approximately <span class="inline-formula">0.54 <i>%</i></span> yr<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>.</p>https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/3651/2019/bg-16-3651-2019.pdf |
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Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub> |
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Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub> |
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Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub> |
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Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub> |
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Trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released CO<sub>2</sub> |
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trend analysis of the airborne fraction and sink rate of anthropogenically released co<sub>2</sub> |
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Biogeosciences |
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<p>Is the fraction of anthropogenically released <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> that remains in the atmosphere (the airborne fraction) increasing?
Is the rate at which the ocean and land sinks take up <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> from the atmosphere decreasing?
We analyse these questions by means of a statistical dynamic multivariate model from which we estimate the unobserved trend processes together with the parameters that govern them.
We show how the concept of a global carbon budget can be used to obtain two separate data series measuring the same physical object of interest, such as the airborne fraction.
Incorporating these additional data into the dynamic multivariate model increases the number of available observations, thus improving the reliability of trend and parameter estimates.
We find no statistical evidence of an increasing airborne fraction, but we do find statistical evidence of a decreasing sink rate.
We infer that the efficiency of the sinks in absorbing <span class="inline-formula">CO<sub>2</sub></span> from the atmosphere is decreasing at approximately <span class="inline-formula">0.54 <i>%</i></span> yr<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>.</p> |
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