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Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 09-02-2021
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091748
Abstract: Remote, harsh conditions of the Southern Ocean challenge our ability to observe the region’s influence on the climate system. Southern Ocean air‐sea CO 2 flux estimates have significant uncertainty due to the reliance on limited ship‐dependent observations in combination with satellite‐based and interpolated data products. We utilize a new approach, making direct measurements of air‐sea CO 2 , wind speed, and surface ocean properties on an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV). In 2019, the USV completed the first autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica providing hourly CO 2 flux estimates. Using this unique data set to constrain potential error in different measurements and propagate those through the CO 2 flux calculation, we find that different wind speed products and s ling frequencies have the largest impact on CO 2 flux estimates with biases that range from −4% to +20%. These biases and poorly constrained interannual variability could account for discrepancies between different approaches to estimating Southern Ocean CO 2 uptake.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1029/2018JC014059
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-01-2021
Location: United States of America
Location: United States of America
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