WP12: Observations in the North Sea 2001, 2005 and 2008 Identical period of cruises: and Cruise identical CTD stations during all cruises >20,000 underway measurements of pCO 2 All relevant CO 2 system parameters to fully investigate the system
Southern Bight of the North Sea –Exploring the use of remote sensing products to derive pCO 2 fields –Continuation of Scheldt time series –Submission of modeling work incl. 50 years hint casting Continuation of VOS line Norway Bergen The Netherlands and data evaluation Consideration of historic data Temporal variability of Baltic Sea / North Sea carbon fluxes on various time scales incl. hind and forecasting WP12:
WP13: REGIONAL ASSESMENT FOR THE WEST-MEDITERRANEAN -Two more cruises will be performed in the Strait of Gibraltar during 2008 in order to follow the temporal evolution of inorganic carbon exchange between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. INTERPOLATED INORGANIC CARBON FLUXES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW THROUGH THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
WP13: REGIONAL ASSESMENT FOR THE WEST-MEDITERRANEAN -The permanent Timeseries GIFT (Gibraltar Fixed Timeseries) implemented under the umbrella of CARBOOCEAN will be sampled (connection with SESAME IP) 2,51 x10 6 km² 14 km G1 G3 G2 Nitrate ( M) G1 G2 G3
Two more cruises will be performed in the Mediterranean Sea from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Strait of Sicily to assess the C ant in the Western Mediterranean (March and June 2008). WP13: REGIONAL ASSESMENT FOR THE WEST-MEDITERRANEAN Salinity O 2 (µmol kg -1 )C ant (µmol kg -1 )
Lutjewad/F3 flask measurements 2.2 ppm/yr -26 per meg/yr WP14:European Integration
Assessment of: Costs Socioeconomic impacts Of different reduction scenarios