SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre
<p>This paper presents the SURATLANT data set (SURveillance ATLANTique). It consists of individual data of temperature, salinity, parameters of the carbonate system, nutrients, and water stable isotopes (<i>δ</i><sup>18</sup>O and <i>δ</i>D) collected mos...
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| author | G. Reverdin N. Metzl S. Olafsdottir V. Racapé T. Takahashi M. Benetti H. Valdimarsson A. Benoit-Cattin M. Danielsen J. Fin A. Naamar D. Pierrot K. Sullivan F. Bringas G. Goni |
| author_facet | G. Reverdin N. Metzl S. Olafsdottir V. Racapé T. Takahashi M. Benetti H. Valdimarsson A. Benoit-Cattin M. Danielsen J. Fin A. Naamar D. Pierrot K. Sullivan F. Bringas G. Goni |
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| description | <p>This paper presents the SURATLANT data set (SURveillance ATLANTique). It
consists of individual data of temperature, salinity, parameters of the
carbonate system, nutrients, and water stable isotopes (<i>δ</i><sup>18</sup>O
and <i>δ</i>D) collected mostly from ships of opportunity since 1993 along
transects between Iceland and Newfoundland (<a href="https://doi.org/10.17882/54517" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.17882/54517</a>). We discuss
how the data are validated and qualified, their accuracy, and the overall
characteristics of the data set. The data are used to reconstruct seasonal
cycles and interannual anomalies, in particular of sea surface salinity
(SSS); inorganic nutrients; dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); and its isotopic
composition <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C<sub>DIC</sub>, total alkalinity (A<sub>t</sub>), and
water isotope concentrations. Derived parameters such as
<i>f</i>CO<sub>2</sub> and pH are also estimated. The relation between
salinity and A<sub>t</sub> is estimated from these data to investigate the
possibility to replace missing A<sub>t</sub> when estimating other parameters
of the carbonate system. When examining the average seasonal cycle in the
deep ocean, in both these data with other climatologies, we find a period of
small seasonal change between January and late April. On the Newfoundland
shelf and continental slope, changes related with spring stratification and
blooms occur earlier. The data were collected in a period of multi-decennial
variability associated with the Atlantic multi-decadal variability with
warming between 1994 and 2004–2007, and with the recent cooling having peaked in
2014–2016. We also observe strong salinification in 2004–2009 and fresher
waters in 1994–1995 as well as since 2010 south of 54° N and in
2016–2017 north of 54° N. Indication of multi-decadal variability
is also suggested by other variables, such as phosphate or DIC, but cannot be
well resolved seasonally with the discrete sampling and in the presence of
interannual variability. As a whole, over the 24 years, the ocean
<i>f</i>CO<sub>2</sub> trend (+1.9 µatm yr<sup>−1</sup>) is close to
the atmospheric trend and associated with an increase in DIC
(+0.77 µmol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>). The data also revealed a
canonical pH decrease of −0.0021 yr<sup>−1</sup>. There is also a decrease
in <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C<sub>DIC</sub> between 2005 and 2017 (in winter,
−0.014 ‰ yr<sup>−1</sup>, but larger in summer,
−0.042 ‰ yr<sup>−1</sup>), suggesting a significant anthropogenic carbon
signal at play together with other processes (mixing, biological activity).</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6972557899b446449ef003d8057412192022-12-22T02:16:30ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162018-10-01101901192410.5194/essd-10-1901-2018SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyreG. Reverdin0N. Metzl1S. Olafsdottir2V. Racapé3T. Takahashi4M. Benetti5H. Valdimarsson6A. Benoit-Cattin7M. Danielsen8J. Fin9A. Naamar10D. Pierrot11K. Sullivan12F. Bringas13G. Goni14Sorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat: expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN), Paris, FranceSorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat: expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN), Paris, FranceMarine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, IcelandLaboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), CNRS/Ifremer/IRD/UBO-IUEM, Brest, FranceLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USAInstitute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IcelandMarine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, IcelandMarine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, IcelandMarine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, IcelandSorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat: expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN), Paris, FranceSorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat: expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN), Paris, FranceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USA<p>This paper presents the SURATLANT data set (SURveillance ATLANTique). It consists of individual data of temperature, salinity, parameters of the carbonate system, nutrients, and water stable isotopes (<i>δ</i><sup>18</sup>O and <i>δ</i>D) collected mostly from ships of opportunity since 1993 along transects between Iceland and Newfoundland (<a href="https://doi.org/10.17882/54517" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.17882/54517</a>). We discuss how the data are validated and qualified, their accuracy, and the overall characteristics of the data set. The data are used to reconstruct seasonal cycles and interannual anomalies, in particular of sea surface salinity (SSS); inorganic nutrients; dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); and its isotopic composition <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C<sub>DIC</sub>, total alkalinity (A<sub>t</sub>), and water isotope concentrations. Derived parameters such as <i>f</i>CO<sub>2</sub> and pH are also estimated. The relation between salinity and A<sub>t</sub> is estimated from these data to investigate the possibility to replace missing A<sub>t</sub> when estimating other parameters of the carbonate system. When examining the average seasonal cycle in the deep ocean, in both these data with other climatologies, we find a period of small seasonal change between January and late April. On the Newfoundland shelf and continental slope, changes related with spring stratification and blooms occur earlier. The data were collected in a period of multi-decennial variability associated with the Atlantic multi-decadal variability with warming between 1994 and 2004–2007, and with the recent cooling having peaked in 2014–2016. We also observe strong salinification in 2004–2009 and fresher waters in 1994–1995 as well as since 2010 south of 54° N and in 2016–2017 north of 54° N. Indication of multi-decadal variability is also suggested by other variables, such as phosphate or DIC, but cannot be well resolved seasonally with the discrete sampling and in the presence of interannual variability. As a whole, over the 24 years, the ocean <i>f</i>CO<sub>2</sub> trend (+1.9 µatm yr<sup>−1</sup>) is close to the atmospheric trend and associated with an increase in DIC (+0.77 µmol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>). The data also revealed a canonical pH decrease of −0.0021 yr<sup>−1</sup>. There is also a decrease in <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C<sub>DIC</sub> between 2005 and 2017 (in winter, −0.014 ‰ yr<sup>−1</sup>, but larger in summer, −0.042 ‰ yr<sup>−1</sup>), suggesting a significant anthropogenic carbon signal at play together with other processes (mixing, biological activity).</p>https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/1901/2018/essd-10-1901-2018.pdf |
| spellingShingle | G. Reverdin N. Metzl S. Olafsdottir V. Racapé T. Takahashi M. Benetti H. Valdimarsson A. Benoit-Cattin M. Danielsen J. Fin A. Naamar D. Pierrot K. Sullivan F. Bringas G. Goni SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre Earth System Science Data |
| title | SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre |
| title_full | SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre |
| title_fullStr | SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre |
| title_full_unstemmed | SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre |
| title_short | SURATLANT: a 1993–2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre |
| title_sort | suratlant a 1993 2017 surface sampling in the central part of the north atlantic subpolar gyre |
| url | https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/1901/2018/essd-10-1901-2018.pdf |
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