Global database of surface ocean particulate organic carbon export fluxes diagnosed from the 234Th technique
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| author | Le Moigne, Frédéric A C |
| author_facet | Le Moigne, Frédéric A C |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | Through the processes of the biological pump, carbon is exported to the deep ocean in the form of dissolved and particulate organic matter. There are several ways by which downward export fluxes can be estimated. The great attraction of the 234Th technique is that its fundamental operation allows a downward flux rate to be determined from a single water column profile of thorium coupled to an estimate of POC/234Th ratio in sinking matter. We present a database of 723 estimates of organic carbon export from the surface ocean derived from the 234Th technique. Data were collected from tables in papers published between 1985 and 2013 only. We also present sampling dates, publication dates and sampling areas. Most of the open ocean Longhurst provinces are represented by several measurements. However, the Western Pacific, the Atlantic Arctic, South Pacific and the South Indian Ocean are not well represented. There is a variety of integration depths ranging from surface to 220m. Globally the fluxes ranged from -22 to 125 mmol of C/m**2/d. We believe that this database is important for providing new global estimate of the magnitude of the biological carbon pump. |
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| spellingShingle | Global database of surface ocean particulate organic carbon export fluxes diagnosed from the 234Th technique Le Moigne, Frédéric A C -; Carbon, organic, total, flux; Comment; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Day of the year; DEPTH, water; Identification; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Primary production of carbon per area, daily; Reference/source; Thorium-234, flux Through the processes of the biological pump, carbon is exported to the deep ocean in the form of dissolved and particulate organic matter. There are several ways by which downward export fluxes can be estimated. The great attraction of the 234Th technique is that its fundamental operation allows a downward flux rate to be determined from a single water column profile of thorium coupled to an estimate of POC/234Th ratio in sinking matter. We present a database of 723 estimates of organic carbon export from the surface ocean derived from the 234Th technique. Data were collected from tables in papers published between 1985 and 2013 only. We also present sampling dates, publication dates and sampling areas. Most of the open ocean Longhurst provinces are represented by several measurements. However, the Western Pacific, the Atlantic Arctic, South Pacific and the South Indian Ocean are not well represented. There is a variety of integration depths ranging from surface to 220m. Globally the fluxes ranged from -22 to 125 mmol of C/m**2/d. We believe that this database is important for providing new global estimate of the magnitude of the biological carbon pump. |
| title | Global database of surface ocean particulate organic carbon export fluxes diagnosed from the 234Th technique |
| topic | -; Carbon, organic, total, flux; Comment; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Day of the year; DEPTH, water; Identification; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Primary production of carbon per area, daily; Reference/source; Thorium-234, flux |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809717 |