Our data-driven analysis quantifies the organic carbon export driven by upper-ocean mixing and 3D advection. Vertical diffusion and intertwined biological production and mixing dominate net export. Interannual-variability is linked to water-mass formation dynamics.
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The oceanic physical injection pump of organic carbon - Nature Communications
Ocean mixing and advection play a key role in exporting organic carbon to the deep ocean, with year-to-year variations strongly influenced by El Niño and Southern Ocean dynamics
