PROCEEDINGS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
Online ISSN : 1884-9172
Print ISSN : 0916-7374
ISSN-L : 0916-7374
A CONCENTRATION PREDICTION IN CO2 OCEAN ISOLATION IN THE JAPANISE SEA NEAR THE SHORE AND INFLUENCE TO MARINE ANIMALS
Tomoaki NAKAMURAAkira WADAKazuyuki HASEGAWAMinoru OCHIAI
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2007 Volume 51 Pages 1475-1480

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For the assessment of the long-term consequences of the carbon dioxide ocean sequestration, the CO2 injection into the middle depth parts of the Pacific Ocean was simulated. The model consists of the essential processes, such as the ocean circulation developed by us, the solubility pump (CO2 exchange flux across the atmosphere-ocean interface), the biological pump. The present major modifications from our previous model include the inclusion of the biological pump. This improvement enabled us to simulate the future CO2 fate in the long-term using the more realistic model. Using this model, the CO2 injection into the middle part of the ocean was simulated assuming the amount of CO2 sequestered. Following results were obtained: (1) the present study could reveal the effectiveness of the direct ocean CO2 sequestration, in relation to both selecting appropriate dumping depth, and evaluating the effect of CO2 concentration to marine animals. (2) According to our model with a coarse grid mesh (2°× 2°), there would be less influence to the marine fish such as Pagrus major and Sillago japonica.

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