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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-671-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-671-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Central Arctic Ocean surface–atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4 constrained by direct measurements
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75236, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Sonja Murto
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Ian Brown
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
Adam Ulfsbo
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 40530, Sweden
Brett F. Thornton
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Volker Brüchert
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Michael Tjernström
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
Anna Lunde Hermansson
Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 41296, Sweden
Amanda T. Nylund
Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, 41296, Sweden
Lina A. Holthusen
Chemical Oceanography Department, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
now at: Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Contrasting greenhouse gas dynamics along a coastal‐to‐oligotrophic ocean continuum T. Gu et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70068
- Stable carbon isotopes of methane reveal that the central Arctic Ocean is a potential sink of atmospheric methane W. Ye et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70299
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Short summary
We directly measured methane and carbon dioxide exchange between ocean or sea ice and the atmosphere during an icebreaker-based expedition to the central Arctic Ocean (CAO) in summer 2021. These measurements can help constrain climate models and carbon budgets. The methane measurements, the first such made in the CAO, are lower than previous estimates and imply that the CAO is an insignificant contributor to Arctic methane emission. Gas exchange rates are slower than previous estimates.
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