Controlling factors on air-sea CO2 flux

The relationships of air-sea CO2 flux (pCO2 ) and controlling factors. Could we just calculate the correlation coefficients between the CO2 flux (pCO2 ) and some specific factor? Or could we utilize the EOF methods to investigate the correlation between the spatial patterns?

• Ocean uptake of CO2         


• Ocean pCO2         


• Eddy diffusivity. Could we approximately use the global tidal dissipation to express the eddy diffusivity?


• Heat flux         


• Ocean circulation         


• Wind         


• Salinity         


• Water color