Project Funding: 2006 - (Ongoing)

Funded by NOAA

Abstract:
The continental margins play an important role in the global carbon cycle because they provide a unique intersection between the three reservoirs (terrestrial biosphere, atmosphere and ocean)that can naturally exchange carbon on time scales relevant to human activity. The continental margins are characterized by large spatial and temporal variability. In 2006, four Moored Autonomous pCO₂ (MAPCO₂) systems were built at PMEL and deployed on surface moorings in coastal waters representing four very different biogeochemical provinces of the North American coast: Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, near Aberdeen Washington, near Savannah Georgia and near Portsmouth New Hampshire. These moorings are being used to examine the similarities and differences in surface water CO₂ and evaluate the role of high frequency CO₂ variability in determining net fluxes in coastal waters. These data demonstrate the need for an array of coastal CO₂ moorings to quantify the role of the continental margins in the continental and global scale carbon cycle.

Publications:

2010. Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society DOI: 10.5270/OceanObs09

Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Landa, C. S., Metzl, N., O'Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., Smith, K., Cosca, C., Harasawa, S., Jones, S. D., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Schuster, U., Steinhoff, T., Sweeney, C., Takahashi, T., Tilbrook, B., Wada, C., Wanninkhof, R., Alin, S. R., Balestrini, C. F., Barbero, L., Bates, N. R., Bianchi, A. A., Bonou, F., Boutin, J., Bozec, Y., Burger, E. F., Cai, W., Castle, R. D., Chen, L., Chierici, M., Currie, K., Evans, W., Featherstone, C., Feely, R. A., Fransson, A., Goyet, C., Greenwood, N., Gregor, L., Hankin, S., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Harlay, J., Hauck, J., Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Hunt, C. W., Huss, B., Ibanhez, J. S. P., Johannessen, T., Keeling, R., Kitidis, V., Kortzinger, A., Kozyr, A., Krasakopoulou, E., Kuwata, A., Landschutzer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefevre, N., Lo Monaco, C., Manke, A., Mathis, J. T., Merlivat, L., Millero, F. J., Monteiro, P. M. S., Munro, D. R., Murata, A., Newberger, T., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Paterson, K., Pearce, D., Pierrot, D., Robbins, L. L., Saito, S., Salisbury, J., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schweitzer, R., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Sullivan, K. F., Sutherland, S. C., Sutton, A. J., Tadokoro, K., Telszewski, M., Tuma, M., van Heuven, S. M. A. C., Vandemark, D., Ward, B., Watson, A. J., Xu, S. 2016. A multi-decade record of high-quality <i>f</i>CO<sub>2</sub> data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO<sub>2</sub> Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data. 8(2), 383-413. DOI: 10.5194/essd-8-383-2016

Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Smith, K., Hankin, S., Olsen, A., Alin, S. R., Cosca, C., Harasawa, S., Kozyr, A., Nojiri, Y., O'Brien, K. M., Schuster, U., Telszewski, M., Tilbrook, B., Wada, C., Akl, J., Barbero, L., Bates, N. R., Boutin, J., Bozec, Y., Cai, W., Castle, R. D., Chavez, F. P., Chen, L., Chierici, M., Currie, K., de Baar, H. J. W., Evans, W., Feely, R. A., Fransson, A., Gao, Z., Hales, B., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Hoppema, M., Huang, W., Hunt, C. W., Huss, B., Ichikawa, T., Johannessen, T., Jones, E. M., Jones, S. D., Jutterstrom, S., Kitidis, V., Kortzinger, A., Landschutzer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefevre, N., Manke, A. B., Mathis, J. T., Merlivat, L., Metzl, N., Murata, A., Newberger, T., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Park, G., Paterson, K., Pierrot, D., Rios, A. F., Sabine, C. L., Saito, S., Salisbury, J., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Schlitzer, R., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Steinhoff, T., Sullivan, K. F., Sun, H., Sutton, A. J., Suzuki, T., Sweeney, C., Takahashi, T., Tjiputra, J., Tsurushima, N., van Heuven, S. M. A. C., Vandemark, D., Vlahos, P., Wallace, D. W. R., Wanninkhof, R., Watson, A. J. 2014. An update to the Surface Ocean CO<sub>2</sub> Atlas (SOCAT version 2). Earth System Science Data. 6(1), 69-90. DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-69-2014

Bond, N. A., Cronin, M. F., Sabine, C., Kawai, Y., Ichikawa, H., Freitag, P., Ronnholm, K. 2011. Upper ocean response to Typhoon Choi-Wan as measured by the Kuroshio Extension Observatory mooring. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(C2). DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006548

Chatterjee, A., Gierach, M. M., Sutton, A. J., Feely, R. A., Crisp, D., Eldering, A., Gunson, M. R., O'Dell, C. W., Stephens, B. B., Schimel, D. S. 2017. Influence of El Nino on atmospheric CO 2 over the tropical Pacific Ocean: Findings from NASA's OCO-2 mission. Science. 358(6360). DOI: 10.1126/science.aam5776

Ciais, P., Dolman, A. J., Bombelli, A., Duren, R., Peregon, A., Rayner, P. J., Miller, C., Gobron, N., Kinderman, G., Marland, G., Gruber, N., Chevallier, F., Andres, R. J., Balsamo, G., Bopp, L., Breon, F., Broquet, G., Dargaville, R., Battin, T. J., Borges, A., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., Butler, J., Canadell, J. G., Cook, R. B., DeFries, R., Engelen, R., Gurney, K. R., Heinze, C., Heimann, M., Held, A., Henry, M., Law, B., Luyssaert, S., Miller, J., Moriyama, T., Moulin, C., Myneni, R. B., Nussli, C., Obersteiner, M., Ojima, D., Pan, Y., Paris, J., Piao, S. L., Poulter, B., Plummer, S., Quegan, S., Raymond, P., Reichstein, M., Rivier, L., Sabine, C., Schimel, D., Tarasova, O., Valentini, R., Wang, R., van der Werf, G., Wickland, D., Williams, M., Zehner, C. 2014. Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system. Biogeosciences. 11(13), 3547-3602. DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-3547-2014

Emerson, S., Sabine, C., Cronin, M. F., Feely, R., Cullison Gray, S. E., DeGrandpre, M. 2011. Quantifying the flux of CaCO3and organic carbon from the surface ocean using in situ measurements of O2, N2, pCO2, and pH. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 25(3). DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003924

Fassbender, A. J., Sabine, C. L., Cronin, M. F. 2016. Net community production and calcification from 7 years of NOAA Station Papa Mooring measurements. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30(2), 250-267. DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005205

Fassbender, A. J., Sabine, C. L., Palevsky, H. I. 2017. Nonuniform ocean acidification and attenuation of the ocean carbon sink. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(16), 8404-8413. DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074389

Hamme, R. C., Webley, P. W., Crawford, W. R., Whitney, F. A., DeGrandpre, M. D., Emerson, S. R., Eriksen, C. C., Giesbrecht, K. E., Gower, J. F. R., Kavanaugh, M. T., Pena, M. A., Sabine, C. L., Batten, S. D., Coogan, L. A., Grundle, D. S., Lockwood, D. 2010. Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters. 37(19). DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044629

Ohman, M., Rudnick, D., Chekalyuk, A., Davis, R., Feely, R., Kahru, M., Kim, H., Landry, M., Martz, T., Sabine, C., Send, U. 2013. Autonomous Ocean Measurements in the California Current Ecosystem. Oceanography. 26(3), 18-25. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.41

Rodenbeck, C., Bakker, D. C. E., Metzl, N., Olsen, A., Sabine, C., Cassar, N., Reum, F., Keeling, R. F., Heimann, M. 2014. Interannual sea-air CO<sub>2</sub> flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme. Biogeosciences. 11(17), 4599-4613. DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4599-2014

Sutton, A. J., Feely, R. A., Sabine, C. L., McPhaden, M. J., Takahashi, T., Chavez, F. P., Friederich, G. E., Mathis, J. T. 2014. Natural variability and anthropogenic change in equatorial Pacific surface oceanpCO2and pH. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28(2), 131-145. DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004679

Sutton, A. J., Sabine, C. L., Feely, R. A., Cai, W., Cronin, M. F., McPhaden, M. J., Morell, J. M., Newton, J. A., Noh, J., Olafsdottir, S. R., Salisbury, J. E., Send, U., Vandemark, D. C., Weller, R. A. 2016. Using present-day observations to detect when anthropogenic change forces surface ocean carbonate chemistry outside preindustrial bounds. Biogeosciences. 13(17), 5065-5083. DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5065-2016

Sutton, A. J., Wanninkhof, R., Sabine, C. L., Feely, R. A., Cronin, M. F., Weller, R. A. 2017. Variability and trends in surface seawater p CO 2 and CO 2 flux in the Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(11), 5627-5636. DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073814

Vandemark, D., Salisbury, J. E., Hunt, C. W., Shellito, S. M., Irish, J. D., McGillis, W. R., Sabine, C. L., Maenner, S. M. 2011. Temporal and spatial dynamics of CO2air-sea flux in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(C1). DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006408

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• North American Carbon Program (NACP) Project Profile