<p>Global estimation of sea surface partial pressure of CO<sub>2</sub> (pCO<sub>2</sub>) is becoming increasingly important in the context of global climate change and the associated environmental impacts occurring in various parts of the world’s oceans. In the present study, ISRO’s EOS-06 ocean color monitor (OCM-3) derived chlorophyll (Chl-a) data is utilized for estimating pCO<sub>2</sub> variability over the global oceans. The analysis is carried out for a period of six months from April to August 2023. The recently developed multi-parametric nonlinear regression methodology is adopted in the present study to estimate the pCO<sub>2</sub> distribution over the global ocean using satellite-derived sea surface temperature, salinity, and Chl-a. From the analysis, it is observed that the global oceanic pCO<sub>2</sub> variability estimated from the present study substantiates that the pCO<sub>2</sub> is high over the tropical region as compared to sub-polar and polar region. As a result of the dependency of pCO<sub>2</sub> distribution on the upper ocean biological processes through photosynthesis, respiration, and calcification the global distribution of pCO<sub>2</sub> also varies locally based on this. The Chl-a concentration is found to be high near the coastal regions, eastern Pacific Ocean and Polar regions. The pCO<sub>2</sub> decreases near the high productivity Polar regions in response to the enhanced photosynthesis processes undergoing in these regions. Surface pCO<sub>2</sub> is high (~ 500 to 530 µatm) over the eastern and central Pacific Ocean as compared to the western region as upwelling occurs over the eastern Pacific Ocean which brings carbon rich water from the subsurface to the ocean surface. The pCO<sub>2</sub> decreases from April to August over the Arctic and subarctic region as a result of an increase in Chl-a concentration.</p>

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Variability of pCO2 Fields in the Global Surface Ocean Using Ocean Color Data: Utilization of EOS-06 OCM Chlorophyll

  • Sachiko Mohanty,
  • Ibrahim Shaik,
  • Mohammed Suhail,
  • Devi Vara Prasad,
  • P. V. Nagamani,
  • Debashis Mitra

摘要

Global estimation of sea surface partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) is becoming increasingly important in the context of global climate change and the associated environmental impacts occurring in various parts of the world’s oceans. In the present study, ISRO’s EOS-06 ocean color monitor (OCM-3) derived chlorophyll (Chl-a) data is utilized for estimating pCO2 variability over the global oceans. The analysis is carried out for a period of six months from April to August 2023. The recently developed multi-parametric nonlinear regression methodology is adopted in the present study to estimate the pCO2 distribution over the global ocean using satellite-derived sea surface temperature, salinity, and Chl-a. From the analysis, it is observed that the global oceanic pCO2 variability estimated from the present study substantiates that the pCO2 is high over the tropical region as compared to sub-polar and polar region. As a result of the dependency of pCO2 distribution on the upper ocean biological processes through photosynthesis, respiration, and calcification the global distribution of pCO2 also varies locally based on this. The Chl-a concentration is found to be high near the coastal regions, eastern Pacific Ocean and Polar regions. The pCO2 decreases near the high productivity Polar regions in response to the enhanced photosynthesis processes undergoing in these regions. Surface pCO2 is high (~ 500 to 530 µatm) over the eastern and central Pacific Ocean as compared to the western region as upwelling occurs over the eastern Pacific Ocean which brings carbon rich water from the subsurface to the ocean surface. The pCO2 decreases from April to August over the Arctic and subarctic region as a result of an increase in Chl-a concentration.