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The primary analysis estimated that omitted rain effects could account for a 10 ± 5% underestimation of the ocean carbon sink. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Global carbon dioxide flux into the surface ocean intensified by rain-induced dilution · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:d99e9284e2eeae8cc856fc0d8464be236824774bd3b4e31965ad61c2652f4982

We estimate that observational coverage of carbon in the surface ocean implicitly captures 30% of the dilution effect and find that current global carbon budget estimates are probably underestimating the ocean carbon sink by 10 ± 5% due to their exclusion of rain effects.