Table 1 Seasonal and annual means ± standard deviations of air-sea CO2 fluxes (mol C m−2 year−1) for the open and coastal ocean using the wind speed parameterizations of Ho et al.36.
From: Surface Water CO2 variability in the Gulf of Mexico (1996–2017)
Season | Mean | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
Open ocean | |||
Winter | − 0.32 ± 0.73 | − 0.58 ± 1.03 (Feb) | 0.04 ± 0.15 (Dec) |
Spring | − 0.03 ± 0.29 | − 0.19 ± 0.27 (Mar) | 0.07 ± 0.31 (May) |
Summer | 0.15 ± 0.58 | 0.01 ± 0.38 (Sept) | 0.35 ± 0.70 (Aug) |
Fall | − 0.04 ± 0.18 | − 0.05 ± 0.19 (Oct) | − 0.03 ± 0.16 (Nov) |
Annual | − 0.06 ± 0.45 | ||
Coastal ocean | |||
Winter | 0.23 ± 4.68 | − 0.47 ± 0.26 (Dec) | 0.62 ± 7.10 (Feb) |
Spring | − 0.31 ± 1.62 | − 0.62 ± 2.45 (Mar) | − 0.08 ± 0.65 (May) |
Summer | 0.11 ± 0.63 | 0.09 ± 0.55 (Aug) | 0.21 ± 0.25 (Jun) |
Fall | − 0.15 ± 0.37 | − 0.17 ± 0.38 (Nov) | − 0.09 ± 0.33(Oct) |
Annual | − 0.03 ± 1.83 | ||
