Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean
To quantitatively assess the inorganic carbon cycle in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (80-150 degrees E, south of 60 degrees S), we measured ocean surface temperature, salinity, total alkalinity (TA), the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO(2)), and concentrations of chlorophyll...
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fthokunivhus:oai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/84341 2023-05-15T18:24:56+02:00 Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean Tozawa, Manami Nomura, Daiki Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro Kiuchi, Masaaki Yamazaki, Kaihe Hirano, Daisuke Aoki, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroko Murase, Hiroto http://hdl.handle.net/2115/84341 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017953 eng eng American Geophysical Union http://hdl.handle.net/2115/84341 Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 127(1): e2021JC017953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017953 carbonate chemistry sea-air CO2 flux carbon cycle Southern Ocean 452 article fthokunivhus https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017953 2022-11-18T01:06:51Z To quantitatively assess the inorganic carbon cycle in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (80-150 degrees E, south of 60 degrees S), we measured ocean surface temperature, salinity, total alkalinity (TA), the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO(2)), and concentrations of chlorophyll-a (chl a), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and nutrients during the KY18 survey (December 2018-January 2019). The sea-air CO2 flux in this region was -8.3 +/- 12.7 mmol m(-2) day(-1) (-92.1 to +10.6 mmol m(-2) day(-1)). The ocean was therefore a weak CO2 sink. Based on the DIC and TA in the temperature minimum layer, we estimated the change of pCO(2) from winter to summer (delta pCO(2)) due to changes in water temperature, salinity, and biological activity (photosynthesis). The spatial distribution of pCO(2) in the western part (80-110 degrees E) of the study area was mainly driven by biological activity, which decreased pCO(2) from December to early January, and in the eastern part (110-150 degrees E) by temperature, which increased pCO(2) from January to February. We also examined the changes in the CO2 concentrations (xCO(2)) over time by comparing data from 1996 with our data (2018-2019). The oceanic and atmospheric xCO(2) increased by 23 and 45 ppm in 23 years, respectively. These changes of ocean xCO(2) were mainly driven by an increase in CO2 uptake from the atmosphere as a result of the rise in atmospheric xCO(2) and increase in biological activity associated with the change in the water-mass distribution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (HUSCAP) Indian Southern Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 127 1 |
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carbonate chemistry sea-air CO2 flux carbon cycle Southern Ocean 452 Tozawa, Manami Nomura, Daiki Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro Kiuchi, Masaaki Yamazaki, Kaihe Hirano, Daisuke Aoki, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroko Murase, Hiroto Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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To quantitatively assess the inorganic carbon cycle in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (80-150 degrees E, south of 60 degrees S), we measured ocean surface temperature, salinity, total alkalinity (TA), the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO(2)), and concentrations of chlorophyll-a (chl a), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and nutrients during the KY18 survey (December 2018-January 2019). The sea-air CO2 flux in this region was -8.3 +/- 12.7 mmol m(-2) day(-1) (-92.1 to +10.6 mmol m(-2) day(-1)). The ocean was therefore a weak CO2 sink. Based on the DIC and TA in the temperature minimum layer, we estimated the change of pCO(2) from winter to summer (delta pCO(2)) due to changes in water temperature, salinity, and biological activity (photosynthesis). The spatial distribution of pCO(2) in the western part (80-110 degrees E) of the study area was mainly driven by biological activity, which decreased pCO(2) from December to early January, and in the eastern part (110-150 degrees E) by temperature, which increased pCO(2) from January to February. We also examined the changes in the CO2 concentrations (xCO(2)) over time by comparing data from 1996 with our data (2018-2019). The oceanic and atmospheric xCO(2) increased by 23 and 45 ppm in 23 years, respectively. These changes of ocean xCO(2) were mainly driven by an increase in CO2 uptake from the atmosphere as a result of the rise in atmospheric xCO(2) and increase in biological activity associated with the change in the water-mass distribution. |
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Tozawa, Manami Nomura, Daiki Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro Kiuchi, Masaaki Yamazaki, Kaihe Hirano, Daisuke Aoki, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroko Murase, Hiroto |
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Tozawa, Manami Nomura, Daiki Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro Kiuchi, Masaaki Yamazaki, Kaihe Hirano, Daisuke Aoki, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroko Murase, Hiroto |
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Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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Seasonal Variations and Drivers of Surface Ocean pCO(2) in the Seasonal Ice Zone of the Eastern Indian Sector, Southern Ocean |
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seasonal variations and drivers of surface ocean pco(2) in the seasonal ice zone of the eastern indian sector, southern ocean |
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