Carbon dioxide in Arctic and subarctic regions. Progress report for FY 82

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5216638· OSTI ID:5216638

Gosink, T. A.; Kelly, J. J.

The objectives are to identify and quantify the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide in the polar regions. Results indicate the Arctic is a net annual sink of as much as 1.1 x 10/sup 15/ g of CO/sub 2/, that natural sources and sinks within the Arcticc are the cause of up to 20 to 40% of the observed large annual excursions of atmospheric CO/sub 2/ there, that the Arcti is exchanging more than 2 x 10/sup 15/ g of CO/sub 2/ throughout the entire year, and that the porous annual sea ice will allow for the air-sea exchange of CO/sub 2/. (ACR)

• Research Organization: Alaska Univ., Fairbanks (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT06-80EV10429
• OSTI ID: 5216638
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10429-3; ON: DE82013664
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ARCTIC REGIONS
CARBON DIOXIDE
AIR-WATER INTERACTIONS
POLLUTION SOURCES
SINKS
ICE
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLAR REGIONS
VARIATIONS
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