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The use of Green's functions and response functions in modelling atmospheric and oceanic tracers is discussed. It is shown that low-resolution Green's function representations can describe tracer distributions more accurately than low-resolution models. The Green's function formalism is also used to discuss the problem of determining surface CO2 sources from observations of surface CO2 concentrations.
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Enting, I.G. Green's functions and response functions in geochemical modelling. PAGEOPH 123, 328–343 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00877027
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