original_query: What is the Revelle factor and how does it relate to the influx of carbon dioxide in the ocean?
query: What is the Revelle factor and how does it relate to the influx of carbon dioxide in the ocean?
answer: The Revelle factor is a ratio of the change in carbon dioxide to the change in dissolved inorganic carbon.  It indicates the efficiency of the ocean's dissolved inorganic carbon pool in absorbing CO2 into bicarbonate. A lower Revelle factor means a higher capacity for the ocean to absorb CO2.