Residence Time vs. Adjustment Time of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

We study the concepts of residence time vs. adjustment time time for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The system is analyzed with a two-box first-order model. Using this model, we reach three important conclusions: (1) The adjustment time is never larger than the residence time and can, thus, not b...

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Autor principal: Stallinga, Peter
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020384
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description We study the concepts of residence time vs. adjustment time time for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The system is analyzed with a two-box first-order model. Using this model, we reach three important conclusions: (1) The adjustment time is never larger than the residence time and can, thus, not be longer than about 5 years. (2) The idea of the atmosphere being stable at 280 ppm in pre-industrial times is untenable. (3) Nearly 90% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide has already been removed from the atmosphere.
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spelling pubmed-99553522023-02-25 Residence Time vs. Adjustment Time of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Stallinga, Peter Entropy (Basel) Article We study the concepts of residence time vs. adjustment time time for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The system is analyzed with a two-box first-order model. Using this model, we reach three important conclusions: (1) The adjustment time is never larger than the residence time and can, thus, not be longer than about 5 years. (2) The idea of the atmosphere being stable at 280 ppm in pre-industrial times is untenable. (3) Nearly 90% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide has already been removed from the atmosphere. MDPI 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9955352/ /pubmed/36832750 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020384 Text en © 2023 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020384
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