Anthropogenic carbon distribution in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: S. Sandrini, N. Ait-ameur, P. Rivaro, S. Massolo, F. Touratier, L. Tositti, C. Goyet
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Key words; atmospheric CO2 sequestration; chemical tracers; mixing; TCO2; water mass; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Adare; Cape Adare; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.690.2553; http://franck.touratier.free.fr/cariboost_files/AntSci2007.pdf

Abstract: The Ross Sea is an area of dense water formation within the Southern Ocean, hence it potentially plays an important role for anthropogenic CO2 sequestration: In order to estimate the penetration of anthropogenic carbon in the Ross Sea from total inorganic carbon (TCO2) measurements carried...