| 摘要 |
<p>A method for measuring the removal of carbon from a designated zone of the ocean to the deep ocean, responsive to the addition of nutrients to the designated zone, is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) determining the direction and speed of a current flow across a plane that extends through the designated zone; (b) determining an average temperature along the plane; (c) determining an average chlorophyll concentration along the plane; (d) estimating from the chlorophyll concentration and temperature, the concentration of inorganic carbon converted to organic carbon, as a result of the addition of nutrients, over the area of the plane; and (e) determining a product of the current flow and the concentration of converted organic carbon over the plane to provide a measure of the flux of inorganic carbon converted and removed from the designated zone and, from the integral of this with respect to area, determining the total flux across the plane to yield a value of carbon removed from the designated zone to the deep ocean.</p> |
