CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input
We present the CH4 concentration [CH4], the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and the total gas content in bulk sea ice from subarctic, land-fast sea ice in the Kapisillit fjord, Greenland. Fjord systems are characterized by freshwater runoff and riverine input and based on δ18O data, we show that >...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00018119 2023-05-15T16:29:26+02:00 CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input Crabeck, O. Delille, B. Thomas, D. Geilfus, N.-X. Rysgaard, S. Tison, J.-L. 2014-12 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6525-2014 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00018119 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00018074/bg-11-6525-2014.pdf https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/11/6525/2014/bg-11-6525-2014.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications Biogeosciences -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2158181 -- http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/bg/bg.html -- 1726-4189 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6525-2014 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00018119 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00018074/bg-11-6525-2014.pdf https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/11/6525/2014/bg-11-6525-2014.pdf uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2014 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6525-2014 2022-02-08T22:53:20Z We present the CH4 concentration [CH4], the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and the total gas content in bulk sea ice from subarctic, land-fast sea ice in the Kapisillit fjord, Greenland. Fjord systems are characterized by freshwater runoff and riverine input and based on δ18O data, we show that > 30% of the surface water originated from periodic river input during ice growth. This resulted in fresher sea-ice layers with higher gas content than is typical from marine sea ice. The bulk ice [CH4] ranged from 1.8 to 12.1 nmol L−1, which corresponds to a partial pressure ranging from 3 to 28 ppmv. This is markedly higher than the average atmospheric methane content of 1.9 ppmv. Evidently most of the trapped methane within the ice was contained inside bubbles, and only a minor portion was dissolved in the brines. The bulk ice pCO2 ranged from 60 to 330 ppmv indicating that sea ice at temperatures above −4 °C is undersaturated compared to the atmosphere (390 ppmv). This study adds to the few existing studies of CH4 and CO2 in sea ice, and we conclude that subarctic seawater can be a sink for atmospheric CO2, while being a net source of CH4. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Kapisillit Sea ice Subarctic Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Greenland Kapisillit ENVELOPE(-50.271,-50.271,64.435,64.435) Biogeosciences 11 23 6525 6538 |
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We present the CH4 concentration [CH4], the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and the total gas content in bulk sea ice from subarctic, land-fast sea ice in the Kapisillit fjord, Greenland. Fjord systems are characterized by freshwater runoff and riverine input and based on δ18O data, we show that > 30% of the surface water originated from periodic river input during ice growth. This resulted in fresher sea-ice layers with higher gas content than is typical from marine sea ice. The bulk ice [CH4] ranged from 1.8 to 12.1 nmol L−1, which corresponds to a partial pressure ranging from 3 to 28 ppmv. This is markedly higher than the average atmospheric methane content of 1.9 ppmv. Evidently most of the trapped methane within the ice was contained inside bubbles, and only a minor portion was dissolved in the brines. The bulk ice pCO2 ranged from 60 to 330 ppmv indicating that sea ice at temperatures above −4 °C is undersaturated compared to the atmosphere (390 ppmv). This study adds to the few existing studies of CH4 and CO2 in sea ice, and we conclude that subarctic seawater can be a sink for atmospheric CO2, while being a net source of CH4. |
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Crabeck, O. Delille, B. Thomas, D. Geilfus, N.-X. Rysgaard, S. Tison, J.-L. |
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Crabeck, O. Delille, B. Thomas, D. Geilfus, N.-X. Rysgaard, S. Tison, J.-L. |
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CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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co2 and ch4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input |
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