Table 1 Storm season characteristics, annual mean percentage of the water column with Ωcal < 1 and pHT < 7.52, and particulate organic carbon (POC; µmol kg-1) from 5 m integrated over the year from 2016 to 2023.

From: Variability in storm season intensity modulates ocean acidification conditions in the northern Strait of Georgia

Year

Storm Season

Storm Season

Storm Season

Storm Season

Annual mean %

Annual mean %

Integrated 5m POC

 

Start

Duration (Days)

CWS (N m-2)

Discharge (km3)

Ωcal < 1

pHT < 7.52

(µmol kg-1)

2016

2015–10-09

198

115.3

84.9

10

0.8

135.9

2017

2016–10-07

254

159.8

129.5

4

0

111.4

2018

2017–10-16

206

73.6

76.3

36

7.7

155.4

2019

2018–09-09

226

55.2

70.9

51

6.5

138.6

2020

2019–10-16

215

85.5

81.7

61

8.6

117.6

2021

2020–09-25

183

100.7

69.1

30

1.8

128.1

2022

2021–09-27

258

139.3

120.3

20

0

105.2

2023

2022–10-25

221

164.4

61.8

3

0

Mean

 

217

107.3

86.8

26.9

3.2

127.5

STD

 

26

39.9

24.7

21.6

3.8

17.5