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| Titel |
Seasonal variability of sea-air CO2 fluxes in the northern East China Sea |
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Dongseon Kim, Sang Hwa Choi |
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EGU General Assembly 2011
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 13 (2011) |
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250045918
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a (Chl-a), nitrate, and sea-air differences of CO2 partial pressure (ΔpCO2) were extensively investigated in the northern East China Sea (ECS) during seven research cruises from 2003 to 2009. The ΔpCO2 showed large intraseasonal variation in spring and summer. In spring, the areal mean ΔpCO2 was almost two times lower in April 2008 than in May 2004, probably associated with differences in sea surface temperature (SST). In summer, the areal mean ΔpCO2 in August 2003 was also twice as large as that in July 2006. In addition, ΔpCO2 exhibited large seasonal variation with positive values in autumn and negative values in other seasons. The positive ΔpCO2 in autumn was ascribed to vertical mixing with CO2-enriched subsurface waters and relatively high SST in this season. The annually integrated sea-air CO2 flux in the northern ECS was -2.2 ± 2.1 mol m-2 yr-1, which was more than two times lower than a previous estimate reported for the same region. This large difference was presumably the result of underestimation of winter CO2 influx and the large intraseasonal variation of CO2 flux in spring and summer. The CO2 influx in the ECS was twice that estimated for continental shelves worldwide, suggesting that the ECS acts as a strong sink of atmospheric CO2 compared to other continental shelves. |
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