@article{fdi:010066978,
  title = {{T}he overlooked tropical oceanic {CO}2 sink},
  author = {{I}banhez, {J}. {S}. {P}. and {A}raujo, {M}. and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {N}athalie},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he intense rainfall in the tropical {A}tlantic spatially overlaps with the spread of the {A}mazon plume. {B}ased on remote-sensed sea surface salinity and rainfall, we removed the contribution of rainfall to the apparent {A}mazon plume area, thus refining the quantification of its extension (0.84 +/- 0.06 x 10(6) km(2) to 0.89 +/- 0.06 x 10(6) km(2)). {D}espite the previous overestimation of the {A}mazon plume area due to the influence of rainfall (>16%), our calculated annual {CO}2 flux based on rainfall-corrected sea surface {CO}2 fugacity confirms that the {A}mazon {R}iver plume is an atmospheric {CO}2 sink of global importance (-7.61 +/- 1.01 to -7.85 +/- 1.02 {T}g {C} yr(-1)). {Y}et we show that current sea-air {CO}2 flux assessments for the tropical {A}tlantic could be overestimated in about 10% by neglecting the {CO}2 sink associated to the {A}mazon plume. {T}hus, including the {A}mazon plume, the sea-air {CO}2 exchange for the tropical {A}tlantic is estimated to be 81.1 +/- 1.1 to 81.5 +/- 1.1 {T}g {C} yr(-1).},
  keywords = {{ATLANTIQUE} {OUEST} ; {ZONE} {TROPICAL} ; {AMAZONE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {43},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {3804--3812},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1002/2016gl068020},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066978},
}