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Detection of regional scale sea-to-air oxygen emission related to spring bloom near Japan by using in-situ measurements of the atmospheric oxygen/nitrogen ratio |
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H. Yamagishi, Y. Tohjima, H. Mukai, K. Sasaoka |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 8, no. 12 ; Nr. 8, no. 12 (2008-06-27), S.3325-3335 |
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250006234
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-8-3325-2008.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We have been carrying out in-situ monitoring of atmospheric O2/N2
ratio at Cape Ochi-ishi (COI; 43°10' N, 145°30' E) in the northern
part of Japan since March 2005 by using a modified gas
chromatography/thermal conductivity detector (GC/TCD). The standard
deviation of the O2/N2 ratio is estimated to be about ±14 per
meg (≈3 ppm) with intervals of 10 minutes. Thus, the in-situ
measurement system has a 1σ precision of ± 6 per meg (≈1.2 ppm)
for one-hour mean O2/N2 ratio. Atmospheric potential
oxygen (APO≈O2+1.1 CO2), which is conserved with
respect to terrestrial photosynthesis and respiration but reflects changes
in air-sea O2 and CO2 fluxes, shows large variabilities from April
to early July 2005. Distribution of satellite-derived marine primary
production indicates occurrences of strong bloom in the Japan Sea and the
latitudinal band between 30° and 40° N in the western North Pacific
in April and in the Okhotsk Sea and northeastern region near Hokkaido Island
in the North Pacific in June. Back trajectory analysis of air masses
indicates that high values of APO, which last for several hours or several
days, can be attributed to the oxygen emission associated with the spring
bloom of active primary production. |
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