Inorganic carbon and water masses in the Irminger Sea since 1991

Fröb, Friederike; Olsen, Are; Pérez, Fiz F.; García-Ibáñez, Maribel I.; Jeansson, Emil; Omar, Abdirahman; Lauvset, Siv K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-51-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-51-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-51-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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03 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 03 Jan 2018

Inorganic carbon and water masses in the Irminger Sea since 1991

Friederike Fröb, Are Olsen, Fiz F. Pérez, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Emil Jeansson, Abdirahman Omar, and Siv K. Lauvset

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Response to review', Friederike Fröb, 22 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Review comments on Inorganic Carbon and Water Masses in the Irminger Sea since 1991, by Friederike Fröb et al. for publication in Biogeosciences Discussions.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Response to review', Friederike Fröb, 22 Sep 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Nov 2017) by Katja Fennel

AR by Friederike Fröb on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2017)

ED: Publish as is (19 Nov 2017) by Katja Fennel

AR by Friederike Fröb on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2017)

Short summary

On long timescales, the inventory of total dissolved inorganic carbon in the ocean is mainly driven by the increase in anthropogenic CO₂ emitted to the atmosphere due to human activities. On short timescales, however, the anthropogenic signal can be masked by the variability in natural inorganic carbon, shown in this study based on Irminger Sea cruise data from 1991 to 2015. In order to estimate oceanic carbon budgets, we suggest jointly assessing natural, anthropogenic and total carbon.