Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises
17 páginas, 3 figuras, 3 tablas. A total of fourteen hydrographic cruises spanning from 2000 to 2008 were conducted during the spring and autumn seasons between Spain and the Southern Ocean, under the framework of the Spanish research project FICARAM. The performed underway measurements are processe...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/27162 2024-02-11T10:03:24+01:00 Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises Padín, X. A. Vázquez Rodríguez, Marcos Castaño, Mónica Velo, A. Alonso Pérez, Fernando Gago, Jesús Gilcoto, Miguel Álvarez, Marta Pardo, Paula C. Paz, M. de la Ríos, Aida F. Pérez, Fiz F. 2009-06 2739003 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27162 https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 en eng Copernicus Publications Publisher’s version http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 Sí Biogeosciences Discussions 6(3): 5589-5622 (2009) 1810-6277 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27162 doi:10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2009 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 2024-01-16T09:28:05Z 17 páginas, 3 figuras, 3 tablas. A total of fourteen hydrographic cruises spanning from 2000 to 2008 were conducted during the spring and autumn seasons between Spain and the Southern Ocean, under the framework of the Spanish research project FICARAM. The performed underway measurements are processed and analysed to describe the meridional air-sea CO2 fluxes (FCO2) along the Atlantic Ocean. The data was organised into different biogeochemical oceanographic provinces, according mainly to the thermohaline characteristics. The obtained spatial and temporal distributions of FCO2 follow the generally expected patterns and annual trends. The Subtropical regions in both hemispheres alternated the CO2 source and sink nature from autumn to spring, respectively. On the other hand, Tropical waters and the Patagonian Sea clearly behaved as sinks of atmospheric CO2 like the waters of the Drake Passage during autumn. The obtained results during the cruises also revealed significant long-term trends, such as the warming of equatorial waters (0.11±0.03°C yr−1) and the decrease of surface salinity (−0.16±0.01 yr−1) in tropical waters caused by the influence of the Amazon River plume. This reduction in surface salinity appears to have a direct influence over the CO2 storage rates, fostering the uptake capacity of atmospheric CO2 (−0.09±0.03 mol m−2 yr−1). An analysis of the biogeochemical forcing on the CO2 fugacity (fCO2) variability performed from an empirical algorithm highlighted the major role of the Amazon River input in the tropical North Atlantic fluxes. In addition, it has provided a quantitative measure of the importance of the thermodynamic control of FCO2 at temperate latitudes. This study was developed and funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework Programme (EU FP6 CARBOOCEAN Integrated Project, Contract no. 511176), the Spanish research project FICARAM (CICYT. REN 2000-2467-E and 2001-4839-E), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (CTM2006-27116-E/MAR) and Xunta de Galicia (PGIDIT05PXIC40203PM). ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Drake Passage North Atlantic Southern Ocean ren Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Drake Passage Southern Ocean |
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17 páginas, 3 figuras, 3 tablas. A total of fourteen hydrographic cruises spanning from 2000 to 2008 were conducted during the spring and autumn seasons between Spain and the Southern Ocean, under the framework of the Spanish research project FICARAM. The performed underway measurements are processed and analysed to describe the meridional air-sea CO2 fluxes (FCO2) along the Atlantic Ocean. The data was organised into different biogeochemical oceanographic provinces, according mainly to the thermohaline characteristics. The obtained spatial and temporal distributions of FCO2 follow the generally expected patterns and annual trends. The Subtropical regions in both hemispheres alternated the CO2 source and sink nature from autumn to spring, respectively. On the other hand, Tropical waters and the Patagonian Sea clearly behaved as sinks of atmospheric CO2 like the waters of the Drake Passage during autumn. The obtained results during the cruises also revealed significant long-term trends, such as the warming of equatorial waters (0.11±0.03°C yr−1) and the decrease of surface salinity (−0.16±0.01 yr−1) in tropical waters caused by the influence of the Amazon River plume. This reduction in surface salinity appears to have a direct influence over the CO2 storage rates, fostering the uptake capacity of atmospheric CO2 (−0.09±0.03 mol m−2 yr−1). An analysis of the biogeochemical forcing on the CO2 fugacity (fCO2) variability performed from an empirical algorithm highlighted the major role of the Amazon River input in the tropical North Atlantic fluxes. In addition, it has provided a quantitative measure of the importance of the thermodynamic control of FCO2 at temperate latitudes. This study was developed and funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework Programme (EU FP6 CARBOOCEAN Integrated Project, Contract no. 511176), the Spanish research project FICARAM (CICYT. REN 2000-2467-E and 2001-4839-E), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (CTM2006-27116-E/MAR) and Xunta de Galicia (PGIDIT05PXIC40203PM). ... |
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Padín, X. A. Vázquez Rodríguez, Marcos Castaño, Mónica Velo, A. Alonso Pérez, Fernando Gago, Jesús Gilcoto, Miguel Álvarez, Marta Pardo, Paula C. Paz, M. de la Ríos, Aida F. Pérez, Fiz F. |
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Padín, X. A. Vázquez Rodríguez, Marcos Castaño, Mónica Velo, A. Alonso Pérez, Fernando Gago, Jesús Gilcoto, Miguel Álvarez, Marta Pardo, Paula C. Paz, M. de la Ríos, Aida F. Pérez, Fiz F. Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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Padín, X. A. Vázquez Rodríguez, Marcos Castaño, Mónica Velo, A. Alonso Pérez, Fernando Gago, Jesús Gilcoto, Miguel Álvarez, Marta Pardo, Paula C. Paz, M. de la Ríos, Aida F. Pérez, Fiz F. |
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Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during the FICARAM cruises |
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air-sea co2 fluxes in the atlantic as measured during the ficaram cruises |
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Publisher’s version http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 Sí Biogeosciences Discussions 6(3): 5589-5622 (2009) 1810-6277 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27162 doi:10.5194/bgd-6-5589-2009 |
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