SATELLITE EVIDENCE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF THE COLUMN MIXING RATIO OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 OVER E. HUXLEYI BLOOMS
Journal: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2019

Emiliania huxleyi algae are known to enhance CO 2 partial pressure in their ambient water, ( p CO 2 ) w . Thus, over such bloom areas, the atmospheric column-averaged dry air mole fraction of carbon dioxide (XCO 2 ) is likely to increase, which has not been yet quantified on basin scales. Here we report on an Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite study of the influence of E. huxleyi blooms on XCO 2 over the Black Sea. We established that concurrently with a ( p CO 2 ) w significant rise,