Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ...
EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU21-5628, vEGU21: Gather Online,19–30 April 2021 ... : Existence of strong seabed sources of methane, including gas hydrates, in the Arctic and sub-Arctic seas with proven oil/gas deposits is well documented. Enhanced concentrations of dissolved methane in deep layers ar...
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ftdatacite:10.13016/m26jjd-gnu9 2023-08-27T04:06:57+02:00 Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... Yurganov Carroll, Dustin Pnyushkov, Andrey Polyakov, Igor Zhang, Hong 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m26jjd-gnu9 https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/21422 en eng Copernicus Publications Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Attribution 3.0 United States This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 CreativeWork article 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.13016/m26jjd-gnu9 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU21-5628, vEGU21: Gather Online,19–30 April 2021 ... : Existence of strong seabed sources of methane, including gas hydrates, in the Arctic and sub-Arctic seas with proven oil/gas deposits is well documented. Enhanced concentrations of dissolved methane in deep layers are widely observed. Many of marine sources are highly sensitive to climate change; however, the Arctic methane sea-to-air flux remains poorly understood: harsh natural conditions prevent in-situ measurements during winter. Satellite remote sensing, based on terrestrial outgoing Thermal IR radiation measurements, provides a novel alternative to those efforts. We present year-round methane data from 3 orbital sounders since 2002. Those data confirm that negligible amounts of methane are fluxed from the seabed to the atmosphere during summer. In summer, the water column is strongly stratified from sea-ice melt and solar warming. As a result, ~90% of dissolved methane is oxidized by bacteria. Conversely, some marine areas are characterized by positive atmospheric methane anomalies that begin in ... Article in Journal/Newspaper arctic methane Arctic Climate change Sea ice DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Okhotsk |
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EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU21-5628, vEGU21: Gather Online,19–30 April 2021 ... : Existence of strong seabed sources of methane, including gas hydrates, in the Arctic and sub-Arctic seas with proven oil/gas deposits is well documented. Enhanced concentrations of dissolved methane in deep layers are widely observed. Many of marine sources are highly sensitive to climate change; however, the Arctic methane sea-to-air flux remains poorly understood: harsh natural conditions prevent in-situ measurements during winter. Satellite remote sensing, based on terrestrial outgoing Thermal IR radiation measurements, provides a novel alternative to those efforts. We present year-round methane data from 3 orbital sounders since 2002. Those data confirm that negligible amounts of methane are fluxed from the seabed to the atmosphere during summer. In summer, the water column is strongly stratified from sea-ice melt and solar warming. As a result, ~90% of dissolved methane is oxidized by bacteria. Conversely, some marine areas are characterized by positive atmospheric methane anomalies that begin in ... |
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Yurganov Carroll, Dustin Pnyushkov, Andrey Polyakov, Igor Zhang, Hong Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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Wintertime Methane Emission From the Barents and Kara Seas and Sea of Okhotsk: Satellite Evidence. ... |
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wintertime methane emission from the barents and kara seas and sea of okhotsk: satellite evidence. ... |
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