Trends in anthropogenic CO2 in water masses of the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Fernández-Guallart, E., Fajar, Noelia, Pelejero, Carles, Calvo, Eva María, Ríos, Aida F., Pérez, Fiz F.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Las Palmas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/116661

Guallart, E. F. . et. al.-- IV Congress of Marine Sciences, XVII Seminario Ibérico de Química Marina (SIQUIMAR), 11-13 June 2014, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.-- 1 page The North Atlantic Ocean has the largest anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) storage rate of all oceans. The key mechanisms contributing to this are the formation of deep water masses in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre and the transport of warm subtropical waters that contain high Cant concentrations to these northern latitudes through the upper limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. The North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre becomes thus relevant for the evaluation of the North Atlantic sink when its prevailing role in the Cant uptake from the atmosphere is considered. [.] Peer Reviewed