Temporal variability of the anthropogenic CO2 storage in the Irminger Sea

• Main Authors: Perez, F. F., Vazquez-rodriguez, M., Louarn, E., Padin, X. A., Mercier, Herle, Rios, A. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus publications 2008
• Subjects: Irminger Basin; Irminger Sea; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-5925.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/5925/

The anthropogenic CO2 (C-ant) estimates from cruises spanning more than two decades (1981-2006) in the Irminger Sea area of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre reveal a large variability in the C-ant storage rates. During the early 1990's, the C-ant storage rates (2.3 +/- 0.6 mol C m(-2) yr(-1)) d...