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23 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 23 Mar 2022
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Tidal mixing of estuarine and coastal waters in the western English Channel is a control on spatial and temporal variability in seawater CO2
Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada
Michael Bedington
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Ute Schuster
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Andrew J. Watson
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Vassilis Kitidis
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Ricardo Torres
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Helen S. Findlay
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
James R. Fishwick
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Ian Brown
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
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Dimethyl sulfide, a volatile compound produced as a byproduct of marine phytoplankton activity, can be emitted to the atmosphere via gas exchange. In the atmosphere, DMS is oxidized to cloud condensation nuclei, thus contributing to cloud formation. Therefore, oceanic DMS plays an important role in regulating the planet's climate by influencing the radiation budget. In this study, we use an artificial neural network model to update the global DMS climatology and estimate the sea-to-air flux.
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The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) being absorbed by the ocean is relevant to the earth's climate. CO2 values in the coastal ocean and estuaries are not well known because of the instrumentation used. We used a new approach to measure CO2 across the coastal and estuarine zone. We found that CO2 and salinity were linked to the state of the tide. We used our CO2 measurements and model salinity to predict CO2. Previous studies overestimate how much CO2 the coastal ocean draws down at our site.
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) being absorbed by the ocean is relevant to the earth's...
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