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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
Volume 118, Issue 1, Pages 476-489Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008246
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- National Science Foundation [ARC-1107997]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [1228651] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf experiences carbonate system variability on seasonal and annual time scales, but little information exists to resolve higher frequency variability in this region. To resolve this variability using platforms-of-opportunity, we present multiple linear regression (MLR) models constructed from hydrographic data collected along the Northeast Pacific Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Seward Line. The empirical algorithms predict dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) using observations of nitrate (NO3-), temperature, salinity and pressure from the surface to 500 m, with R(2)s > 0.97 and RMSE values of 11 mu mol kg(-1) for DIC and 9 mu mol kg(-1) for TA. We applied these relationships to high-resolution NO3- data sets collected during a novel 20 h glider flight and a GLOBEC mesoscale SeaSoar survey. Results from the glider flight demonstrated time/space along-isopycnal variability of aragonite saturations (Omega(arag)) associated with a dicothermal layer (a cold near-surface layer found in high latitude oceans) that rivaled changes seen vertically through the thermocline. The SeaSoar survey captured the uplift to <100 m of dense, high-pCO(2) waters at the shelf break that had been forced by the passage of a Yakutat eddy. During this event, the aragonite saturation horizon (depth where Omega(arag) = 1) shoaled to a previously unseen depth in the northern GOA. This work is similar to recent studies aimed at predicting the carbonate system in continental margin settings, albeit demonstrates that a NO3--based approach can be applied to high-latitude data collected from platforms capable of high-frequency measurements. Citation: Evans, W., J. T. Mathis, P. Winsor, H. Statscewich, and T. E. Whitledge (2013), A regression modeling approach for studying carbonate system variability in the northern Gulf of Alaska, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 476-489, doi:10.1029/2012JC008246.
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