Advances in quantifying air-sea gas exchange and environmental forcing
Wanninkhof, R.; Asher, W.E.; Ho, D.T.; Sweeney, C.; McGillis, W.R. (2009). Advances in quantifying air-sea gas exchange and environmental forcing, in: Carlson, C.A. et al. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1. Annual Review of Marine Science, 1: pp. 213-244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163742 In: Carlson, C.A.; Giovannoni, S.J. (Ed.) (2009). Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1. Annual Review of Marine Science, 1. Annual Reviews: Palo Alto. ISBN 978-0-8243-4501-3. 466 pp., more In: Annual Review of Marine Science. Annual Reviews: Palo Alto, Calif. ISSN 1941-1405; e-ISSN 1941-0611, more |  |
| Keywords | Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles > Carbon cycle
Gas transfer
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | gas fluxes; gas transfer velocity; carbon cycle; air-sea interaction |
| Authors | | Top | - Wanninkhof, R.
- Asher, W.E.
- Ho, D.T.
| - Sweeney, C.
- McGillis, W.R.
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| Abstract | The past decade has seen a substantial amount of research on air-sea gas exchange and its environmental controls. These studies have significantly advanced the understanding of processes that control gas transfer, led to higher quality field measurements, and improved estimates of the flux of climate-relevant gases between the ocean and atmosphere. This review discusses the Fundamental principles of air-sea gas transfer and recent developments in gas transfer theory, parameterizations, and measurement techniques in the context of the exchange of carbon dioxide. However, much of this discussion is applicable to any sparingly soluble, non-reactive gas. We show how the use of global variables of environmental forcing that have recently become available and gas exchange relationships that incorporate die main forcing factors will lead to improved estimates of global and regional air-sea gas fluxes based on better fundamental physical, chemical, and biological foundations. |
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