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    Air-sea CO2 flux variability in the equatorial Pacific Ocean near 100°w

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    J. Etcheto ,

    LODYC, FR
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    J. Boutin,

    LODYC, FR
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    Y. Dandonneau,

    LODYC, FR
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    D. C. E. Bakker,

    LODYC, FR
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    R. A. Feely,

    NOAA/PMEL, US
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    R. D. Ling,

    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, US
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    P. D. Nightingale,

    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, US
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    R. Wanninkhof

    NOAA/AOMI, US
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    Abstract

    The interannual variability of the CO2 partial pressure (pCO2oc) in the surface layer of the east equatorial Pacific Ocean near 100°W is studied and compared with the sea surface temperature (SST) monitored from satellites. This variability is shown to be correlated with the SST anomaly rather than with the temperature itself. The pCO2oc variability is related to the variability of the upwelling systems (the equatorial upwelling and the upwelling along the American coast), the main influence being from the coastal upwelling via the surface water advected from the east. A method is derived to interpolate the pCO2oc measurements using the SST satellite measurements. By combining the result with the exchange coefficient (K) deduced from the wind speed provided by satellite borne instruments we deduce the air’sea CO2 flux and for the 1st time we monitor continuously its temporal evolution. The variability of this flux is mainly due to the variability of K, with a clear seasonal variation. The flux obtained using the Liss and Merlivat (1986) relationship averaged from April 1985 to June 1997 in the region 97.5°-107.5°W 0–5°S is 1.67 mole m-2 yr-1 of CO2 leaving the ocean with an estimated accuracy of 30%.

    How to Cite: Etcheto, J., Boutin, J., Dandonneau, Y., Bakker, D.C.E., Feely, R.A., Ling, R.D., Nightingale, P.D. and Wanninkhof, R., 1999. Air-sea CO2 flux variability in the equatorial Pacific Ocean near 100°w. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 51(3), pp.734–747. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i3.16474
      Published on 01 Jan 1999
    Peer Reviewed
     CC BY 4.0
     Accepted on 12 Mar 1999            Submitted on 27 Jul 1998

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