TY - BOOK AU - Suryawanshi, Kshitija (PT201617) AU - Prakash, Satya (Guide) AU - Samal, Dipak (Guide) TI - Variability of DIC and CO2 flux in the Arabian sea : a study using bio-argo and Satellite data (Softcopy is also available) U1 - MG TH-0184 PY - 2019/// N1 - Table of contents Certificate of Original Authorship i Certificate of Dissertation – Advisor’s consent iii Certificate of Dissertation – Program Chair’s consent v Acknowledgement vii Abstract ix List of figures xi List of Tables xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Ocean Carbon Cycle 1 1.2 Physical Pump 3 1.3 Biological Pump 3 1.4 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon 4 1.4.1 Temperature, Solubility and surface DIC 5 1.4.2 Variation of DIC with depth 6 1.5 Impact of Ocean Circulation on DIC 6 2 Review of Literature 9 3 Area of Study 15 4 Data Sources 17 4.1 Argo 17 4.2 Tropflux Wind speed Data 18 4.3 Satellite Data 18 5 Methodology 19 5.1 Estimation and Analysis of Flux using Argo Data 19 5.1.1 Calculating Dissolved Inorganic Carbon in Arabian Sea: 20 5.1.2 Wind Speeds and CO2 transfer velocities 21 5.1.3 Estimation of CO2 concentration in seawater 24 5.1.4 Estimation of fugacity of CO2 25 5.1.5 Estimation of Partial pressure of CO2 26 5.1.6 Estimation of Flux of CO2 in Arabian Sea 26 5.2 Estimation and Analysis of Flux using Satellite Data 28 6 Results and Discussion 29 6.1 Seasonal Variability of DIC of Argo Data 29 6.2 Variability of CO2 33 6.3 Influence of Wind Variability on Flux Estimation 34 6.4 Variability in CO2 Fluxes of Argo & Satellite Data 35 6.5 Analysis from Satellite Data 39 6.6 Correlating Flux with Primary Productivity 42 7 Conclusion 45 References 46 ER -