Inorganic carbon time series at Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea

• Main Authors: Skjelvan, I., Falck, E., Rey, F., Kringstad, S. B.
• Other Authors: Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), Department of Biological Sciences Bergen (BIO / UiB), University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Geophysical Institute Bergen (GFI / BiU), University of Bergen (UiB), Institute of Marine Research Bergen (IMR)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Arctic; Norwegian Sea; Greenland; Greenland Sea; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00297684; https://hal.science/hal-00297684/document; https://hal.science/hal-00297684/file/bg-5-549-2008.pdf

International audience Dissolved inorganic carbon ( C T ) has been collected at Ocean Weather Station M (OWSM) in the Norwegian Sea since 2001. Seasonal variations in ( C T ) are confined to the upper 50 m, where the biology is active, and below this layer no clear seasonal signal is seen. From winter to summer the surface ( C T ) concentration typical drop from 2140 to about 2040 ?mol kg ?1 , while a deep water ( C T ) concentration of about 2163 ?mol kg ?1 is measured throughout the year. Observations show an annual increase in salinity normalized carbon concentration ( nC T ) of 1.3±0.7 ?mol kg ?1 yr ?1 in the surface layer, which is equivalent to a p CO 2 increase of 2.6±1.2 ?atm yr ?1 , i.e. larger than the atmospheric increase in this area (2.1±0.2 ?atm yr -1 ). Observations also show an annual increase in the deep water nC T of 0.57±0.24 ?mol kg ?1 yr ?1 , of which about 15% is due to inflow of old Arctic water with larger amounts of remineralised matter. The remaining part has an anthropogenic origin and sources for this might be Greenland Sea surface water, Iceland Sea surface water, and/or recirculated Atlantic Water. By using an extended multi linear regression method (eMLR) it is verified that anthropogenic carbon has entered the whole water column at OWSM.