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Hurricane-Induced Oceanic Carbon Changes in the Upper Ocean



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  • Journal Title:
    Oceans
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  • NOAA Program & Office:
    NOS (National Ocean Service)
  • Description:
    Changes in marine carbon cycling due to hurricanes with different intensity and translation speeds have not been systematically investigated. This study uses an idealized coupled physical-biogeochemical model and a suite of model sensitivity analyses to better quantify the relationship between hurricane characteristics and marine property changes, including variations in air-sea carbon flux and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water (pCO2w). We find that strong (category 4–5), mid-speed (5–8 m/s) storms cause the most carbon flux from the atmosphere to the ocean, and that the relationship between air-sea carbon flux and hurricane properties is non-linear. Climate models that do not consider synoptic-scale, storm-induced physical-biogeochemical coupling may underestimate regional carbon sinks.
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  • Source:
    Oceans, 3(2), 114-124
  • DOI:
  • ISSN:
    2673-1924
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Publisher:
    MDPI AG
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA16NOS0120028
  • License:
  • Rights Information:
    CC BY
  • Compliance:
    Library
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:95d3cf422be90e896510bf8e8e7f71d1435609b325aad3d0d455a0809e73fe29
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