The Effect of Agulhas Eddies on Absorption and Transport of Anthropogenic Carbon in the South Atlantic Ocean

Iole Orselli; Catherine Goyet; Rodrigo Kerr; José de Azevedo; Moacyr Araujo; Felippe Galdino; Franck Touratier; Carlos Garcia; José Azevedo

The Effect of Agulhas Eddies on Absorption and Transport of Anthropogenic Carbon in the South Atlantic Ocean

Iole Orselli ^{1, 2} Catherine Goyet ¹ Rodrigo Kerr ² José de Azevedo ² Moacyr Araujo ³ Felippe Galdino ² Franck Touratier ¹ Carlos Garcia ² José Azevedo ²

1 IMAGES-Espace DEV - Institut de Modélisation et d'Analyses en géo-environnement et santé - Espace Développement

UMR 228 Espace-Dev, Espace pour le développement

2 FURG - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

3 Laboratoria de Oceanografia Fisica Estuarina e Costeira

Abstract : The South Atlantic Ocean is currently undergoing significant alterations due to climate change. This region is important to the global carbon cycle, but marine carbon data are scarce in this basin. Additionally, this region is influenced by Agulhas eddies. However, their effects on ocean biogeochemistry are not yet fully understood. Thus, we aimed to model the carbonate parameters in this region and investigate the anthropogenic carbon (Cant) content in 13 eddies shed by the Agulhas retroflection. We used in situ data from the CLIVAR/WOCE/A10 section to elaborate total dissolved inorganic carbon (CT) and total alkalinity (AT) models and reconstruct those parameters using in situ data from two other Brazilian initiatives. Furthermore, we applied the Tracer combining Oxygen, inorganic Carbon, and total Alkalinity (TrOCA) method to calculate the Cant, focusing on the 13 identified Agulhas eddies. The CT and AT models presented root mean square errors less than 1.66 and 2.19 μmol kg−1, indicating Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network climate precision. The Cant content in the Agulhas eddies was 23% higher than that at the same depths of the surrounding waters. We observed that Agulhas eddies can play a role in the faster acidification of the South Atlantic Central Water.

Keywords : carbonate system anthropogenic carbon Agulhas eddies South Atlantic Ocean

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Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Earth Sciences / Oceanography

Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Ocean, Atmosphere

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