Quantification of oceanic carbon dioxide sequestration

A computer program product for quantifying oceanic carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• obtaining a plurality of oceanic spatiotemporal carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements;
• obtaining a plurality of spatiotemporal chlorophyll a (Chl-a) and a plurality of oceanic temperature measurements;
• mapping the obtained plurality of oceanic spatiotemporal CO2 measurements to the obtained plurality of spatiotemporal Chl-a and the plurality of oceanic temperature measurements in a multidimensional grid;
• and
• generating at least one a priori oceanic spatiotemporal CO2 estimate based on the multidimensional grid.

A computer system for quantifying oceanic carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• obtaining a plurality of oceanic spatiotemporal carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements;
• obtaining a plurality of spatiotemporal chlorophyll a (Chl-a) and a plurality of oceanic temperature measurements;
• mapping the obtained plurality of oceanic spatiotemporal CO2 measurements to the obtained plurality of spatiotemporal Chl-a and the plurality of oceanic temperature measurements in a multidimensional grid;
• and
• generating at least one a priori oceanic spatiotemporal CO2 estimate based on the multidimensional grid.