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Impact of tropical cyclone on biogeochemistry of the central Arabian Sea

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Title Impact of tropical cyclone on biogeochemistry of the central Arabian Sea
 
Creator Naik, H.
Naqvi, S.W.A.
Suresh, T.
Narvekar, P.V.
 
Subject biogeochemical cycle
euphotic zone
surface temperature
organic carbon
environmental impact
tropical cyclone
 
Description Remotely sensed data are combined with shipboard measurements to investigate biogeochemical changes caused by a moderate tropical cyclone in the central Arabian Sea in December 1998. The sea surface temperature decreased by approx. 4 degrees C, whereas surface nitrate and chlorophyll concentrations increased by greater than 5 mu M and up to 4 mg m sup(-3), respectively, over a large area affected by the cyclone. Nutrient enrichment in the surface layer of the cyclone-affected zone is estimated to have supported a new production of approx. 4.2 Tg C, approximately 5% of the annual organic carbon export to the deep sea (beyond the continental margin) for the entire Arabian Sea. Entrainment of nitrous oxide from the thermocline led to more than doubling of its concentration in the mixed layer. The cyclone also resulted in an increase in nitrous oxide inventory within the oxygen minimum zone. The results imply that, should there be an increase in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones as a result of global warming, as projected in some recent reports, carbon production and respiration, and redox processes within the oxygen minimum zones, such as the production of nitrous oxide through nitrification/denitrification, and of molecular nitrogen through denitrification/anaerobic ammonium oxidation, may be significantly impacted.
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Date 2008-10-17T11:46:53Z
2008-10-17T11:46:53Z
2008
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol.22; doi:10.1029/2007GB003028; 11 ppp.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1460
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright [2008] AGU.
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union