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Observed changes in ocean acidity and carbon dioxide exchange in the coastal Bay of Bengal - a link to air pollution

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Title Observed changes in ocean acidity and carbon dioxide exchange in the coastal Bay of Bengal - a link to air pollution
 
Creator Sarma, V.V.S.S.
Krishna, M.S.
Paul, Y.S.
Murty, V.S.N.
 
Subject Acidity
Carbon dioxide
Air pollution
Time series analysis
Long-term changes
Aerosols
 
Description Variations in surface water hydrographic properties and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) were evaluated in the coastal Bay of Bengal using observations carried out during March–April 1991 and 2011, including 8 yr monthly time-series observations during 2005 and 2013. The coastal Bay of Bengal is characterised by relatively fresher, more basic and lower pCO2 in 1991 compared to 2011. The rates of decrease in pH, increase in DIC and pCO2 per decade were consistent with global trends in the southwestern (SW) coastal Bay of Bengal, whereas rates in the northwestern (NW) coastal Bay of Bengal were observed to be 3–5 times higher. The associated recent increase in sulphate and nitrogen aerosol loadings over NW Bay of Bengal from the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Southeast Asia during winter and spring may be mainly responsible for the increased acidity in recent years. Thus, this region, which was previously considered to be a significant sink for atmospheric CO2, now seems to have become a source of CO2 to the atmosphere
 
Date 2015-03-09T10:06:52Z
2015-03-09T10:06:52Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, vol.67; 2015; No.24638 doi/10.3402/tellusb.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4717
 
Language en
 
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) License. 2015
 
Publisher The International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm