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Sarmiento&Gruber 2006 Chapter 2: Tracer conservation and ocean transport, part 1

Sarmiento&Gruber 2006 Chapter 2: Tracer conservation and ocean transport, part 1. The most common elements in the earth system. seawater. The major constituents have almost constant proportion (covary with salinity). changeable ions indicated by arrows.

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Sarmiento&Gruber 2006 Chapter 2: Tracer conservation and ocean transport, part 1

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  1. Sarmiento&Gruber 2006 Chapter 2: Tracer conservation and ocean transport, part 1

  2. The most common elements in the earth system seawater The major constituents have almost constant proportion (covary with salinity). changeable ions indicated by arrows From: Treatise in Geochemistry, Vol. 6, Elsevier, 2004

  3. Libes, S.M., 1992, An introduction to marine biogeochemistry, John Wiley

  4. Elements, Tracers: • Biolimiting • Biointermediate • Biounlimited

  5. GEOSECS Station 214 32º N 176º W North Pacific Broecker, W.S., and T.-H. Peng, 1982, Tracers in the sea, ELDIGIO Press

  6. GEOSECS Station 214 32º N 176º W North Pacific Broecker, W.S., and T.-H. Peng, 1982, Tracers in the sea, ELDIGIO Press

  7. Broecker, W.S., and T.-H. Peng, 1982, Tracers in the sea, ELDIGIO Press

  8. Vertical profiles of elements in the North Pacific, compiled by Nozaki, 1996 Source: Sarmiento & Gruber 2006

  9. GEOSECS data set

  10. Sarmiento & Gruber (2006)

  11. Sarmiento & Gruber (2006)

  12. GEOSECS data set

  13. Sarmiento & Gruber (2006)

  14. Sarmiento & Gruber (2006)

  15. GEOSECS data set

  16. Good starting point for marine biogeochemistry / chemical oceanography: Observations of inorganically dissolved substances. These can be measured very accurately. Why would one not take concentrations of organic substances?

  17. GEOSECS data set

  18. GEOSECS data set

  19. GEOSECS data set

  20. GEOSECS data set

  21. GEOSECS data set

  22. GEOSECS data set

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  24. GEOSECS data set

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  27. GEOSECS data set

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  30. GEOSECS data set

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  33. GEOSECS data set

  34. GEOSECS data set

  35. GEOSECS data set

  36. GEOSECS data set

  37. Phytoplankton (plants) Zooplankton (animals) (a) Coccolithophorida (b) Foraminifera Producers of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) shell material Producers of biogenic silica (Bsi) shell material (c) Diatoms (d) Radiolarians Broecker, W.S.,& T.-H. Peng 1982, Tracers in the Sea, ELDIGIO Press

  38. Pacific Atlantic Radiocarbon obs from GEOSECS 1972 The surface ocean is contaminated with bomb 14C.

  39. Pacific Atlantic Radiocarbon obs from GEOSECS 1972 The surface ocean is contaminated with bomb 14C.

  40. WHOI

  41. IPCC 3rd assessment report

  42. Hansen, B., S. Østerhus, D. Quadfasel, and W. Turrell, Already the day after tomorrow, Science, 305, 953-954.

  43. Meridional Overturning Circulation (Schmitz, 1995) with NADW and AABW loops

  44. Western Atlantic tritium cross section Already the day after tomorrow From Østlund and Grall, 1987

  45. Western Atlantic tritium cross section Already the day after tomorrow From Østlund and Grall, 1987

  46. 1972 1981 From Østlund and Grall, 1987 Already the day after tomorrow

  47. Schlitzer, JPO (2007)

  48. Schlitzer, JPO (2007)

  49. Model intercomparison for CFC GOSAC report Orr et al., 2002

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