@article{PAR00009913,
  title = {{I}mpact of episodic vertical fluxes on sea surface p{CO}(2)},
  author = {{M}ahadevan, {A}. and {T}agliabue, {A}. and {B}opp, {L}. and {L}enton, {A}. and {M}emery, {L}aurent and {L}evy, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}pisodic events like hurricanes, storms and frontal-and eddy-driven upwelling can alter the partial pressure of {CO}2 (p{CO}(2)) at the sea surface by entraining subsurface waters into the surface mixed layer ({ML}) of the ocean. {S}ince p{CO}(2) is a function of total dissolved inorganic carbon ({DIC}), temperature ({T}), salinity and alkalinity, it responds to the combined impacts of physical, chemical and biological changes. {H}ere, we present an analytical framework for assessing the relative magnitude and sign in the short-term perturbation of surface p{CO}(2) arising from vertical mixing events. {U}sing global, monthly, climatological datasets, we assess the individual, as well as integrated, contribution of various properties to surface p{CO}(2) in response to episodic mixing. {T}he response depends on the relative vertical gradients of properties beneath the {ML}. {M}any areas of the ocean exhibit very little sensitivity to mixing owing to the compensatory effects of {DIC} and {T} on p{CO}(2), whereas others, such as the eastern upwelling margins, have the potential to generate large positive/negative anomalies in surface p{CO}(2). {T}he response varies seasonally and spatially and becomes more intense in subtropical and subpolar regions during summer. {R}egions showing a greater p{CO}(2) response to vertical mixing are likely to exhibit higher spatial variability in surface p{CO}(2) on time scales of days.},
  keywords = {{CO}2 ; oceanic p{CO}(2) ; dissolved inorganic carbon ; sea-surface ; variability ; vertical mixing},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}hilosophical {T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety a-{M}athematical {P}hysical and {E}ngineering {S}ciences},
  volume = {369},
  numero = {1943},
  pages = {2009--2025},
  ISSN = {1364-503{X}},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1098/rsta.2010.0340},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00009913},
}