🌊 Environmental Parameters
🌪️ Physical Forcing
🧪 Biogeochemical Settings
⚙️ Analysis Controls
💾 Data Management
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Total Carbon Flux
mg C/m²/day
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Export Efficiency
%
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Sequestration Rate
g C/m²/year
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Remineralization Depth
m
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Pump Efficiency
%
0
Analysis Progress
%
🦠 Biological Pump
Photosynthesis, particle formation, and gravitational settling of organic matter
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
🌊 Physical Pump
Solubility-driven CO₂ transport through thermohaline circulation
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
🐚 Carbonate Pump
Calcification and dissolution of calcium carbonate shells and skeletons
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
🦠 Microbial Pump
Microbial carbon processing and dissolved organic carbon cycling
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
💨 Lipid Pump
Buoyant lipid transport and deep-sea carbon sequestration
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
🌀 Mixed Layer Pump
Seasonal mixing and entrainment of carbon-rich waters
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Flux (mg C/m²/day)
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Efficiency (%)
📊 Carbon Concentration Depth Profile
Surface Layer
0-10m
0 mg/L
Mixed Layer
10-50m
0 mg/L
Thermocline
50-200m
0 mg/L
Mesopelagic
200-1000m
0 mg/L
Bathypelagic
1000m+
0 mg/L
Sediment
Seafloor
0 mg/g
Primary Production
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mg C/m²/day
Particle Formation
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particles/L/day
Sinking Velocity
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m/day
Remineralization
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%/day
Microbial Respiration
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mg C/m³/day
Calcification
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mg CaCO₃/m²/day
🌊 Physical Environment
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Temperature (°C)
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Salinity (PSU)
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Density (kg/m³)
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Wind Speed (m/s)
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Mixed Layer (m)
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Stratification
📈 Carbon Flux Components
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Air-Sea Exchange
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Export Production
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Sediment Burial
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Lateral Transport
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Upwelling Input
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Riverine Input
📈 Carbon Pump Efficiency Over Time
🌊 Carbon Pump Analysis:
This system evaluates all major components of the coastal ocean carbon pump:
• Biological Pump: Photosynthesis, particle formation, gravitational settling
• Physical Pump: Solubility-driven CO₂ transport via circulation
• Carbonate Pump: Calcification and CaCO₃ dissolution
• Microbial Pump: DOC cycling and microbial carbon processing
• Mixed Layer Pump: Seasonal mixing and entrainment
• Lipid Pump: Buoyant lipid transport to deep waters
📊 Key Parameters:
• Primary production and export efficiency
• Particle sinking velocities and remineralization
• Air-sea CO₂ exchange and solubility
• Depth-dependent carbon concentrations
• Physical forcing and stratification effects
• Seasonal and spatial variability
This system evaluates all major components of the coastal ocean carbon pump:
• Biological Pump: Photosynthesis, particle formation, gravitational settling
• Physical Pump: Solubility-driven CO₂ transport via circulation
• Carbonate Pump: Calcification and CaCO₃ dissolution
• Microbial Pump: DOC cycling and microbial carbon processing
• Mixed Layer Pump: Seasonal mixing and entrainment
• Lipid Pump: Buoyant lipid transport to deep waters
📊 Key Parameters:
• Primary production and export efficiency
• Particle sinking velocities and remineralization
• Air-sea CO₂ exchange and solubility
• Depth-dependent carbon concentrations
• Physical forcing and stratification effects
• Seasonal and spatial variability
⚠️ Important Considerations:
• Carbon pump efficiency varies significantly with season and location
• Physical forcing (wind, currents, mixing) strongly affects carbon transport
• Temperature and pH changes alter pump mechanisms
• Coastal zones show high spatial and temporal variability
• Multiple pump mechanisms operate simultaneously
🔬 Applications: Climate change research, carbon budget assessments, marine ecosystem management, biogeochemical modeling, and ocean acidification studies.
• Carbon pump efficiency varies significantly with season and location
• Physical forcing (wind, currents, mixing) strongly affects carbon transport
• Temperature and pH changes alter pump mechanisms
• Coastal zones show high spatial and temporal variability
• Multiple pump mechanisms operate simultaneously
🔬 Applications: Climate change research, carbon budget assessments, marine ecosystem management, biogeochemical modeling, and ocean acidification studies.