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    The central and eastern Arabian Sea as a perennial source of atmospheric carbon dioxide

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    V. V. S. S. Sarma,

    National Institute of Oceanography, IN
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    M. Dileep Kumar ,

    National Institute of Oceanography, IN
    About M. Dileep
    Postal address: Chemical Oceanography Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India.
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    M. D. George

    National Institute of Oceanography, IN
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    Abstract

    Seasonal (winter monsoon, intermonsoon and southwest monsoon) and interannual (between southwest monsoon seasons of 1995 and 1996) variations in total carbon dioxide (TCO2) and partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) were studied in the central and eastern Arabian Sea as a part of the JGOFS (India) Programme. The pCO2 values were computed from the results of coulometric TCO2 and spectrophotometric pH measurements. Seasonal variability in TCO2 is evident with the changing circulation and biological production. In all seasons, the pCO2 is higher in surface waters of the Arabian Sea, except along the Indian coast in the southwest monsoon, than that in atmosphere, and thus this region appears to be a perennial source of atmospheric CO2. Significantly, an average of ~45 Tg y-1 could be ejected to atmosphere from the study region, that seems to far exceed the earlier estimations. The estimated fluxes, however, are in agreement with those from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

    How to Cite: Sarma, V.V.S.S., Kumar, M.D. and George, M.D., 1998. The central and eastern Arabian Sea as a perennial source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 50(2), pp.179–184. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v50i2.16095
      Published on 01 Jan 1998
    Peer Reviewed
     CC BY 4.0
     Accepted on 23 Dec 1997            Submitted on 8 Apr 1997

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