Estimating the multi-year average air-sea CO_(2) flux over a large area usually involves the use of monthly mean variables from the atmosphere and ocean.Ignoring sub-monthly processes will blur the oceanic carbon cycl...Estimating the multi-year average air-sea CO_(2) flux over a large area usually involves the use of monthly mean variables from the atmosphere and ocean.Ignoring sub-monthly processes will blur the oceanic carbon cycle,especially when the synoptic and sub-seasonal scale processes are significant,like in the South China Sea(SCS).Based on an empirical relationship between the partial pressure of CO_(2) in water and the sea surface temperature(SST),we recalculated the air-sea CO_(2) flux of the SCS with daily products of atmospheric reanalysis and SST.Our results show that the sub-monthly process contributes 10%of the total CO_(2) flux of the SCS and can even alter the sign of the CO_(2) flux in the spring.In the near-surface coupling process,intramonthly variations in surface winds play the dominant role,except in regions with significant ocean eddies.The co-spectrum analysis of SST and wind speed reveals the most essential oscillation of>20 days.Therefore,a product of the sea surface environment for 10-day intervals can better estimate the air-sea CO_(2) flux over the SCS than monthly data.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2023YFF0805502)the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) (Grant No. SML2022SP401)+1 种基金the Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (ONCE) Programthe National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42305078)
文摘Estimating the multi-year average air-sea CO_(2) flux over a large area usually involves the use of monthly mean variables from the atmosphere and ocean.Ignoring sub-monthly processes will blur the oceanic carbon cycle,especially when the synoptic and sub-seasonal scale processes are significant,like in the South China Sea(SCS).Based on an empirical relationship between the partial pressure of CO_(2) in water and the sea surface temperature(SST),we recalculated the air-sea CO_(2) flux of the SCS with daily products of atmospheric reanalysis and SST.Our results show that the sub-monthly process contributes 10%of the total CO_(2) flux of the SCS and can even alter the sign of the CO_(2) flux in the spring.In the near-surface coupling process,intramonthly variations in surface winds play the dominant role,except in regions with significant ocean eddies.The co-spectrum analysis of SST and wind speed reveals the most essential oscillation of>20 days.Therefore,a product of the sea surface environment for 10-day intervals can better estimate the air-sea CO_(2) flux over the SCS than monthly data.
