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CO 2 transport at the air‐sea interface: Numerical calculations for a surface renewal model with coupled fluxes
Author(s) -
Phillips L. F.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl00633
Subject(s) - evaporation , heat flux , condensation , turbulence , coupling (piping) , flux (metallurgy) , surface layer , materials science , mixing (physics) , surface (topology) , thermodynamics , mechanics , atmospheric sciences , heat transfer , layer (electronics) , physics , composite material , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
Air‐sea fluxes of CO 2 , H 2 O and heat have been calculated for a surface‐renewal model with turbulent mixing on the air side of the interface and coupling of heat and matter fluxes in the stagnant air layer adjacent to the surface of the liquid. The magnitude and direction of the CO 2 flux are strongly dependent on the temperature of the surface layer of liquid, as influenced by the air temperature and by the evaporation or condensation of water. Temperature effects arise both from coupling of heat and matter fluxes and from the temperature dependence of CO 2 solubility at the surface.