Impacts of winter storms on air-sea gas exchange

Details Impacts of winter storms on air-sea gas exchange Impacts of winter storms on air-sea gas exchange

Jul 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3314803z&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 14, CiteID L14803

Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Air/Sea Constituent Fluxes (3339, 4504), Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions (0312, 3339), Atmospheric Processes: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504)

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The objective of this study is to investigate air-sea gas exchange during winter storms, using field measurements from Ocean Station Papa in the Northeast Pacific (50°N, 145°W). We show that increasing gas transfer rates are coincident with increasing winds and deepening depth of bubble penetration, and that this process depends on sea state. Wave-breaking is shown to be an important factor in the gas transfer velocity during the peaks of the storms, increasing the flux rates by up to 20%. Gas transfer rates and concentrations can exhibit asymmetry, reflecting a sudden increase with the onset of a storm, and gradual recovery stages.

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