The Impact of Human CO2 On Atmospheric CO2 – Summary
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Edwin X Berry, Montana, USA – 2022-08-02
Copyright (c) 2022 by Edwin X Berry. Permission granted to republish with link to Berry (2021).
Introduction
This summary of Berry (2021) shows the main points without the math.
1. How CO2 flows out of the atmosphere.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) correctly assumes the outflow of CO2 from the atmosphere is proportional to the CO2 level divided by a time constant.
This time constant – that the IPCC calls “turnover time” and we call “e-time” – describes how fast CO2 flows out of the atmosphere.
IPCC (2007, p. 948) defines “turnover time” equal to the first power of the carbon level divided by the outflow of carbon from the reservoir,
“Turnover time (T) is the ratio of the mass M of a reservoir (e.g., a gaseous compound in the atmosphere) and the total rate of removal S from the reservoir: T = M / S. For each removal process, separate turnover times can be defined.”
IPCC (2007, p. 948) says the turnover time (T) for natural CO2 is about four years.
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