ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 60-68.

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ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF AIR-SEA CO_2 FLUXES IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

SUN Heng, GAO Yin-Yong   

  1. 1 Third Institute of Oceanography; SOA; Xiamen 361005; China; 2 Key laboratory of Global Change and Marine-Atmospheric Chemistry; China
  • Online:2009-03-30 Published:2009-03-30

Abstract:

Southern Ocean is the most important CO2 sink in the world. Evaluating the air-sea CO2 fluxes in each sea area of Southern Ocean precisely is an important content of research on global carbon cycle,and also is significant to predict and evaluate the role of Southern Ocean while global warming is getting worse and worse. However,due to expansive area,execrable climate and complex hydrological and geochemical processes in the Southern Ocean,there are rather highly discrepancy and uncertainty in evaluating the...

Key words: Southern Ocean, air-sea fluxes, controlling factors, spatio-temporal variability