Meridional carbon dioxide transport in the northern North Atlantic
Combination of estimated water transport and accurate measurements of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) on a hydrographic section at 58°N allows the assessment of meridional inorganic carbon transport in the northern North Atlantic Ocean. The transport has been decomposed into contributions from the large...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/b1b3afa7-d077-4fbd-a4f8-8e711f774f18 2024-02-04T10:00:05+01:00 Meridional carbon dioxide transport in the northern North Atlantic Stoll, M.H.C. Aken, H.M. van Baar, H.J.W. de Boer, C.J. de 1996 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/b1b3afa7-d077-4fbd-a4f8-8e711f774f18 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/b1b3afa7-d077-4fbd-a4f8-8e711f774f18 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00057-6 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/10224468/1996MarChemStoll1.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/b1b3afa7-d077-4fbd-a4f8-8e711f774f18 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Stoll , M H C , Aken , H M V , Baar , H J W D & Boer , C J D 1996 , ' Meridional carbon dioxide transport in the northern North Atlantic ' , Marine Chemistry , vol. 55 , no. 3 , pp. 205 - 216 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00057-6 North Atlantic TCO2 meridional transport article 1996 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00057-6 2024-01-10T23:07:29Z Combination of estimated water transport and accurate measurements of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) on a hydrographic section at 58°N allows the assessment of meridional inorganic carbon transport in the northern North Atlantic Ocean. The transport has been decomposed into contributions from the large-scale baroclinic overturning, the Ekman transport, baroclinic and a barotropic eddy terms, and an estimated contribution of the East Greenland Current. These terms are −0.27 · 10^6, +0.03 · 10^6, +0.03 · 10^6, +0.10 · 10^6, and +0.05 · 10^6 mol s−1, respectively, which result in a total southward inorganic carbon transport of only −0.06 · 10^6 mol s−1. An order of magnitude estimate of the meridional transport of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) has shown that in general this term cannot be ignored in the total carbon flux, this being +0.04 · 10^6 to +0.16 · 10^6 mol s−1 at 58°N. A simple carbon budget has been formulated for the temperate North Atlantic, using our flux estimates as well as other ones. This budget shows that the divergence of the meridional carbon flux, connected with the freshwater balance of the ocean may be of the same order of magnitude as the divergence of the total inorganic carbon flux. For an accurate estimate of the total carbon budget of the ocean it will be necessary to take both the DOC transport and the effects of the freshwater balance into account. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland east greenland current Greenland North Atlantic University of Groningen research database Greenland Marine Chemistry 55 3-4 205 216 |
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Combination of estimated water transport and accurate measurements of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) on a hydrographic section at 58°N allows the assessment of meridional inorganic carbon transport in the northern North Atlantic Ocean. The transport has been decomposed into contributions from the large-scale baroclinic overturning, the Ekman transport, baroclinic and a barotropic eddy terms, and an estimated contribution of the East Greenland Current. These terms are −0.27 · 10^6, +0.03 · 10^6, +0.03 · 10^6, +0.10 · 10^6, and +0.05 · 10^6 mol s−1, respectively, which result in a total southward inorganic carbon transport of only −0.06 · 10^6 mol s−1. An order of magnitude estimate of the meridional transport of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) has shown that in general this term cannot be ignored in the total carbon flux, this being +0.04 · 10^6 to +0.16 · 10^6 mol s−1 at 58°N. A simple carbon budget has been formulated for the temperate North Atlantic, using our flux estimates as well as other ones. This budget shows that the divergence of the meridional carbon flux, connected with the freshwater balance of the ocean may be of the same order of magnitude as the divergence of the total inorganic carbon flux. For an accurate estimate of the total carbon budget of the ocean it will be necessary to take both the DOC transport and the effects of the freshwater balance into account. |
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Stoll , M H C , Aken , H M V , Baar , H J W D & Boer , C J D 1996 , ' Meridional carbon dioxide transport in the northern North Atlantic ' , Marine Chemistry , vol. 55 , no. 3 , pp. 205 - 216 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00057-6 |
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