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A sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide in the northeast Indian Ocean

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Title A sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide in the northeast Indian Ocean
 
Creator DileepKumar, M.
Naqvi, S.W.A.
George, M.D.
Jayakumar, D.A.
 
Subject carbon dioxide
monsoons
salinity
nutrients
biological production
 
Description Intensive observations in the northeast Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal) during the pre-southwest and northeast monsoon seasons 1991 reveal that freshwater discharge from rivers of the Indian subcontinent exerts the dominant control over total carbon dioxide (TCO sub(2)) and pCO sub(2) distributions in surface waters. Low pCO sub(2) levels occur within the low-salinity zones, with a large area in the northwestern bay acting as a sink for atmospheric CO sub(2) . Only a part of the observed pCO sub(2) variation can be accounted for by the effect of salinity, and biological production supported by external nutrient input in conjunction with strong thermohaline stratification may be more important in lowering surface water pCo sub(2) by greater than100 mu atm relative to that in the atmosphere. The pCO@2) distribution is seasonally variable and appears to be controlled by the spreading of fresh waters by the prevailing surface circulation
 
Date 2009-01-21T09:30:16Z
2009-01-21T09:30:16Z
1996
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Geophysical Research (C: Oceans), Vol.101; 18121-18125p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2181
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1996]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union