Rustogi et al. (2025): Influence of Wave-Induced Variability on Ocean Carbon Uptake
P. Rustogi, L. Resplandy, E. Liao, B. G. Reichl, L. Deike, IN: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008382
High-frequency wind and wave variability influence air-sea gas fluxes by modulating the gas transfer velocity at the interface. Traditional gas transfer velocity formulations scale solely with wind speed and neglect wave effects, including wave breaking and bubble-mediated transfer. In this study, the authors quantify the influence of wave effects on the air-sea CO₂ flux and ocean carbon storage using a wind-wave-bubble gas transfer velocity formulation in an ocean general circulation model (MOM6-COBALTv2).
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