Reservoir mass (M) or flux (F) | Abbreviation | Observed | Uncertainty (1σ) | Box model |
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M P produced | Pprod | 8300 | 10%a | 8300 |
M P in-use | Puse | 2600 | 10%a | 3320 |
M P discarded | Pdisc | 4214 | 22% | 2382 |
M LMP discarded | LMPdisc | 686 | 22% | 1222 |
M SMP discarded | SMPdisc | 540b | ||
M P Surface Ocean | Psurf-oce | 0.23 | 75%a | 0.021 |
M LMP Surface Ocean | LMPsurf-oce | 0.031 | 75%a | 0.038 |
M SMP Surface Ocean | SMPsurf-oce | 0.0028 | 196% | 0.009 |
M LMP Deep Ocean | LMPdeep-oce | 82 | 57% | 77 |
M SMP Deep Ocean | SMPdeep-oce | 33 | ||
M SMP atmosphere | SMPatm | 0.03 | 500% | 0.011 |
M SMP remote terrestrial | SMPterr | 28 | 37% | 41 |
M P beach | Pbeach | 1.3 | 500%a | 1.1 |
M LMP beach | LMPbeach | 0.53 | 100% | 2.9 |
M P shelf sediment | Pshelf-sed | 51 | 500%a | 43 |
M LMP shelf sediment | LMPshelf-sed | 65 | 100% | 9.5 |
M SMP shelf sediment | SMPshelf-sed | 0.3b | ||
M LMP deep ocean sediment | LMPdeep-sed | 1.0 | 500%a | 1.2 |
M SMP deep ocean sediment | SMPdeep-sed | 0.1 | ||
M P Incinerated | Pincin | 800 | 20%a | 626 |
M P Recycled | Precyc | 750 | 20%a | 554 |
F Puse to LMPdisc | 42 | 22% | 41 | |
F Puse to Pdisc | 118 | 22% | 130 | |
F Puse to Pincin | 74 | 20%a | 63 | |
F Puse to Precyc | 56 | 20%a | 57 | |
F Pdisc to LMPdisc | 71b | |||
F LMPdisc to SMPdisc | 36b | |||
F P river | 2.4b | |||
F LMP river | 7.5b | |||
F SMP river (from SMPdisc) | 3.3b | |||
F SMP river (from Pterr) | 0.3b | |||
F river total | 0.006-13 | 13 | ||
F Surface Ocean P to LMP | 0.001b | |||
F Surface Ocean LMP to SMP | 0.001b | |||
F Deep Ocean LMP to SMP | 2.3b | |||
F SMP Ocean to atmosphere | 8.6 | 500%a | 27 | |
F SMP Atmosphere to ocean | 7.6 | 500%a | 23 | |
F P beaching | 0.1b | |||
F LMP beaching | 0.2b | |||
F beach P to LMP | 0.03b | |||
F LMP surface to deep ocean | 6.8b | |||
F SMP surface to deep ocean | 0.3b | |||
F P surface to shelf sediments | 2.3b | |||
F LMP surface to shelf sediments | 0.6b | |||
F SMP surface to shelf sediments | 0.02b | |||
F LMP deep ocean to sediments | 0.1b | |||
F SMP deep ocean to sediments | 0.01b | |||
F SMP terrestrial to atmosphere | 0.01b | |||
F SMP atm to terrestrial pool | 1.1 | 37% | 3.5 | |
F SMP Discard to atmosphere | 0.183 | 500%a | 0.2 |