Long-term trend of CO2 and ocean acidification in the surface water of the Ulleung Basin, the East/Japan Sea inferred from the underway observational data
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Title
- Long-term trend of CO2 and ocean acidification in the surface water of the Ulleung Basin, the East/Japan Sea inferred from the underway observational data
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Author(s)
- Kim, J. -Y.; Kang, D. -J.; Lee, T.; Kim, K. -R.
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- Kang, Dong Jin(강동진)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 강동진
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Publication Year
- 2014
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Abstract
- Anthropogenic carbon is responsible for both global warming and ocean acidification. Efforts are underway to understand the role of ocean in a high CO2 world on a global context. However, marginal seas received little attention despite their significant contribution to biogeochemical cycles. Here we report the CO2 increase and ocean acidification in the surface waters of the Ulleung Basin (UB) of the East/Japan Sea, and possible causes are discussed. Fourteen observations of surface fCO(2) were made in the period from 1995 to 2009. The contribution of temperature variation to the seasonality of fCO(2) was almost equivalent to the non-thermal effect in the UB. However, the difference of relative contribution with the season makes two seasonal peaks of fCO(2) in the surface water of the UB. Non-thermal effect contributed to the surface fCO(2) draw-down in summer, whereas the surface fCO(2) elevation in winter. The decadal trend of fCO(2) increment was estimated by harmonic analysis. The estimated rates of increase of fCO(2) were 1.8 +/- 0.4 mu atm yr(-1) for the atmosphere and 2.7 +/- 1.1 mu atm yr-1 for the surface water. The ocean acidification trend, calculated from total alkalinity and fCO(2), was estimated to be -0.03 +/- 0.02 pH units decade(-1). These rates seem to be higher than observations at most other ocean time-series sites during the same period of time. Sustained observations are required to understand more accurate trend in this area.
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ISSN
- 1726-4170
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/2982
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DOI
- 10.5194/bg-11-2443-2014
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Bibliographic Citation
- BIOGEOSCIENCES, v.11, no.9, pp.2443 - 2454, 2014
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Publisher
- COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
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Subject
- NORTH-ATLANTIC; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; PARTIAL-PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC CO2; CARBONIC-ACID; PACIFIC; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN; PCO(2)
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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