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标题：Hurricane-Induced Oceanic Carbon Changes in the Upper Ocean
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作者：Laura McGee ; Ruoying He
期刊名称：Oceans
电子版ISSN：2673-1924
出版年度：2022
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：114-124
DOI：10.3390/oceans3020010
语种：English
出版社：MDPI AG
摘要：Changes in marine carbon cycling due to hurricanes with different intensity and translation speeds have not been systematically investigated. This study uses an idealized coupled physical-biogeochemical model and a suite of model sensitivity analyses to better quantify the relationship between hurricane characteristics and marine property changes, including variations in air-sea carbon flux and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water (pCO2w). We find that strong (category 4–5), mid-speed (5–8 m/s) storms cause the most carbon flux from the atmosphere to the ocean, and that the relationship between air-sea carbon flux and hurricane properties is non-linear. Climate models that do not consider synoptic-scale, storm-induced physical-biogeochemical coupling may underestimate regional carbon sinks.