The carbon budget of the North Sea
International audience A carbon budget has been established for the North Sea, a shelf sea of the NW European continental shelf. The air-sea exchange of CO 2 has been assessed as closing term of the budget. The carbon exchange fluxes with the North Atlantic Ocean dominate the gross carbon budget. Th...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00297752v1 2023-11-12T04:21:46+01:00 The carbon budget of the North Sea Thomas, H. Bozec, Yves de Baar, H. J. W. Elkalay, K. Frankignoulle, M. Schiettecatte, L.-S. Vieira Borges, A. Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Unité d'Océanographie Chimique Interfacultary Center for Marine Research (MARE) Université de Liège-Université de Liège 2004-08-17 https://hal.science/hal-00297752 https://hal.science/hal-00297752/document https://hal.science/hal-00297752/file/bgd-1-367-2004.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00297752 https://hal.science/hal-00297752 https://hal.science/hal-00297752/document https://hal.science/hal-00297752/file/bgd-1-367-2004.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1810-6277 EISSN: 1810-6285 Biogeosciences Discussions https://hal.science/hal-00297752 Biogeosciences Discussions, 2004, 1 (1), pp.367-392 [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 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2004 ftccsdartic 2023-10-21T23:15:46Z International audience A carbon budget has been established for the North Sea, a shelf sea of the NW European continental shelf. The air-sea exchange of CO 2 has been assessed as closing term of the budget. The carbon exchange fluxes with the North Atlantic Ocean dominate the gross carbon budget. The net carbon budget ? more relevant to the issue of the contribution of the coastal ocean to the marine carbon cycle ? is dominated by the carbon inputs from rivers, the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere. The dominant carbon sink is the final export to the North Atlantic Ocean. The North Sea acts as a sink for organic carbon. More than 90% of the CO 2 taken up from the atmosphere is exported to the North Atlantic Ocean making the North Sea a highly efficient continental shelf pump for carbon. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) |
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International audience A carbon budget has been established for the North Sea, a shelf sea of the NW European continental shelf. The air-sea exchange of CO 2 has been assessed as closing term of the budget. The carbon exchange fluxes with the North Atlantic Ocean dominate the gross carbon budget. The net carbon budget ? more relevant to the issue of the contribution of the coastal ocean to the marine carbon cycle ? is dominated by the carbon inputs from rivers, the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere. The dominant carbon sink is the final export to the North Atlantic Ocean. The North Sea acts as a sink for organic carbon. More than 90% of the CO 2 taken up from the atmosphere is exported to the North Atlantic Ocean making the North Sea a highly efficient continental shelf pump for carbon. |
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Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Unité d'Océanographie Chimique Interfacultary Center for Marine Research (MARE) Université de Liège-Université de Liège |
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Thomas, H. Bozec, Yves de Baar, H. J. W. Elkalay, K. Frankignoulle, M. Schiettecatte, L.-S. Vieira Borges, A. |
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The carbon budget of the North Sea |
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The carbon budget of the North Sea |
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The carbon budget of the North Sea |
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The carbon budget of the North Sea |
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The carbon budget of the North Sea |
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carbon budget of the north sea |
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https://hal.science/hal-00297752 https://hal.science/hal-00297752/document https://hal.science/hal-00297752/file/bgd-1-367-2004.pdf |
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ISSN: 1810-6277 EISSN: 1810-6285 Biogeosciences Discussions https://hal.science/hal-00297752 Biogeosciences Discussions, 2004, 1 (1), pp.367-392 |
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