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Sea ice pCO2 dynamics and air–ice CO2 fluxes during the Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) experiment – Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
Geilfus, N.-X.; Tison, Jean-Louis; Ackley, S. F. et al.
2014In The Cryosphere, 8 (6), p. 2395-2407
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Abstract :
[en] Temporal evolution of pCO2 profiles in sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, in October 2007 shows physical and thermodynamic processes controls theCO2 sys- tem in the ice. During the survey, cyclical warming and cool- ing strongly influenced the physical, chemical, and thermo- dynamic properties of the ice cover. Two sampling sites with contrasting characteristics of ice and snow thickness were sampled: one had little snow accumulation (from 8 to 25 cm) and larger temperature and salinity variations than the sec- ond site, where the snow cover was up to 38 cm thick and therefore better insulated the underlying sea ice. We show that each cooling/warming event was associated with an in- crease/decrease in the brine salinity, total alkalinity (TA), to- tal dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2), and in situ brine and bulk ice CO2 partial pressures (pCO2). Thicker snow covers reduced the amplitude of these changes: snow cover influ- ences the sea ice carbonate system by modulating the temper- ature and therefore the salinity of the sea ice cover. Results indicate that pCO2 was undersaturated with respect to the at- mosphere both in the in situ bulk ice (from 10 to 193 µatm) and brine (from 65 to 293 µatm), causing the sea ice to act as a sink for atmospheric CO2 (up to 2.9mmolm−2 d−1), despite supersaturation of the underlying seawater (up to 462 µatm)
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Geilfus, N.-X.
Tison, Jean-Louis
Ackley, S. F.
Galley, R. J.
Rysgaard, S.
Miller, L. A.
Delille, Bruno  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie chimique
Language :
English
Title :
Sea ice pCO2 dynamics and air–ice CO2 fluxes during the Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) experiment – Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
The Cryosphere
ISSN :
1994-0416
eISSN :
1994-0424
Publisher :
Copernicus GmbH
Volume :
8
Issue :
6
Pages :
2395-2407
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Bigsouth
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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