Transient tracer distributions in the Fram Strait in 2012 and inferred anthropogenic carbon content and transport

Stöven, Tim; Tanhua, Toste; Hoppema, Mario; von Appen, Wilken-Jon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-319-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-319-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-319-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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25 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 25 Feb 2016

Transient tracer distributions in the Fram Strait in 2012 and inferred anthropogenic carbon content and transport

Tim Stöven, Toste Tanhua, Mario Hoppema, and Wilken-Jon von Appen

Data sets

CLIVAR Repeat Section 75°N Toste Tanhua and Tim Stöven https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/OTG.CLIVAR_ARKXXVII_1

Short summary

The article describes transient tracer distributions of CFC-12 and SF6 in the Fram Strait in 2012. The SF6 excess and the anthropogenic carbon content in this area was estimated assuming a standard parameterization of the inverse-Gaussian–transit-time distribution. Hydrographic data were obtained along a mooring array at 78°50’N and a mean velocity field was used for flux estimates.