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TeachMeFinance.com - explain buffer factor (Revelle factor) buffer factor (Revelle factor) The term 'buffer factor (Revelle factor)' as it applies to the area of carbon dioxide can be defined as ' The ratio of the instantaneous fractional change in the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) exerted by seawater to the fractional change in total CO2 dissolved in the ocean waters. The buffer factor relates the partial pressure of CO2 in the ocean to the total ocean CO2 concentration at constant temperature, alkalinity and salinity. The Revelle factor is a useful parameter for examining the distribution of CO2 between the atmosphere and the ocean, and measures in part the amount of CO2 that can be dissolved in the mixed surface layer'. Previous 5 Terms: bucolic Budget plan Budget Review Committee (BRC) BUDS buffer area Next 5 Terms: Buffer strips Buffer strips (filter strips, vegetated filter strips, grassed buffers) BUFKIT bufoniform Building shell (envelope) DSM program About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.