Carbon dioxide and related parameters in the East China Sea

Shu Lun Wang; Chen Tung Arthur Chen; Gi Hoon Hong; Chang Soo Chung

doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00084-9

Carbon dioxide and related parameters in the East China Sea

Shu Lun Wang^*
, Chen Tung Arthur Chen
, Gi Hoon Hong
, Chang Soo Chung

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A low-temperature, low-salinity water mass lying on the bottom of the shelf area in the northern area of the East China Sea (ECS) in summertime is regarded as remnant winter water. Carbonate and related parameters suggest that it may originate from the Yellow Sea Cold Water which is formed farther north. There are no apparent annual variations in the carbonate parameters in the Kuroshio east of the shelf break. The partial pressure of CO₂ calculated from the pH, TA or TCO₂ data in this study show that the surface water in the shelf area is undersaturated with CO₂ in spring and summer. When combined with other data collected in different seasons, the results show that the shelf area of the ECS is indeed a net sink for atmospheric CO₂. The shelf area of the ECS may absorb as much as 0.013-0.030 Gt C per year. The carbonate data also suggest that the Tsushima Warm Current is a branch of the Kuroshio. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	525-544
Number of pages	20
Journal	Continental Shelf Research
Volume	20
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00084-9
State	Published - Mar 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon dioxide
East China Sea
Flux
Kuroshio
Tsushima Warm Current
Yellow Sea Cold Water

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