The Slower Increase in the Oceanic CO2 in the Equatorial Pacific

Masao Ishii1, Katsuya Toyama2, Naohiro Kosugi3, Yosuke Iida4, Takahiro Toyoda2, Yoshiteru Kitamura5 and Hiroyuki Tsujino3, (1)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan, (2)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)Atmosphere and Ocean Department, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan, (5)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Department of Climate and Geochemistry Research, Tsukuba, Japan