Southern Ocean circulation's impact on atmospheric CO2 concentration

被引:2
作者
Menviel, Laurie [1 ,2 ]
Spence, Paul [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ New South Wales, Climate Change Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[2] Univ Tasmania, Australian Ctr Excellence Antarctic Sci, Hobart, Tas, Australia
[3] Univ Tasmania, Inst Marine & Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tas, Australia
[4] Univ Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Hobart, Tas, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Southern Ocean; carbon cycle; atmospheric CO2; Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW); Southern hemisphere westerlies; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; CARBON-CYCLE; HEMISPHERE WESTERLIES; CLIMATE-CHANGE; VENTILATION; DRIVEN; MODEL; SINK;
D O I
10.3389/fmars.2023.1328534
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
In the context of past and present climate change, the Southern Ocean (SO) has been identified as a crucial region modulating the concentration of atmospheric CO2. The sustained upwelling of carbon-rich deep waters and inefficient nutrient utilization at the surface of the SO leads to an outgassing of natural CO2, while anthropogenic CO2 is entrained to depth during the formation of Antarctic Bottom water (AABW), Antarctic intermediate water (AAIW) and sub-Antarctic mode water (SAMW). Changes to the SO circulation resulting from both dynamic and buoyancy forcing can alter the rate of upwelling as well as formation and subsequent transport of AABW, AAIW and SAMW, thus impacting the air-sea CO2 exchange in the SO. Models of all complexity robustly show that stronger southern hemispheric (SH) westerlies enhance SO upwelling, thus leading to stronger natural CO2 outgassing, with a sensitivity of 0.13 GtC/yr for a 10% increase in SH westerly windstress. While the impact of changes in the position of the SH westerly winds was previously unclear, recent simulations with high-resolution ocean/sea-ice/carbon cycle models show that a poleward shift of the SH westerlies also enhances natural CO2 outgassing with a sensitivity of 0.08GtC/yr for a 5 degrees poleward shift. While enhanced AABW transport reduces deep ocean natural DIC concentration and increases surface natural DIC concentration, it acts on a multi-decadal timescale. Future work should better constrain both the natural and anthropogenic carbon cycle response to changes in AABW and the compound impacts of dynamic and buoyancy changes on the SO marine carbon cycle.
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