Acidification at the Surface in the East Sea: A Coupled Climate-carbon Cycle Model Study SCIE SCOPUS KCI

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Title
Acidification at the Surface in the East Sea: A Coupled Climate-carbon Cycle Model Study
Author(s)
Park, Young-Gyu; Seol, Kyung-Hee; Boo, Kyung-On; Lee, Johan; Cho, Chunho; Byun, Young-Hwa; Seo, Seongbong
KIOST Author(s)
Park, Young Gyu(박영규)
Alternative Author(s)
박영규; 서성봉
Publication Year
2018-09
Abstract
This modeling study investigates the impacts of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration on acidification in the East Sea. A historical simulation for the past three decades (1980 to 2010) was performed using the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (version 2), a coupled climate model with atmospheric, terrestrial and ocean cycles. As the atmospheric CO2 concentration increased, acidification progressed in the surface waters of the marginal sea. The acidification was similar in magnitude to observations and models of acidification in the global ocean. However, in the global ocean, the acidification appears to be due to increased in-situ oceanic CO2 uptake, whereas local processes had stronger effects in the East Sea. pH was lowered by surface warming and by the influx of water with higher dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from the northwestern Pacific. Due to the enhanced advection of DIC, the partial pressure of CO2 increased faster than in the overlying air; consequently, the in-situ oceanic uptake of CO2 decreased.
ISSN
1738-5261
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/838
DOI
10.1007/s12601-018-0018-y
Bibliographic Citation
OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, v.53, no.3, pp.437 - 448, 2018
Publisher
KOREA OCEAN RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INST
Subject
AIR CO2 FLUXES; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; CHINA SEA; SEASONAL-VARIATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC CO2; ATMOSPHERIC CO2; EAST/JAPAN SEA; NORTH PACIFIC; ULLEUNG BASIN; DIOXIDE
Keywords
biogeochemical modeling; surface pH; East Sea; ocean acidification
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Article
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