Scales and drivers of seasonal pCO dynamics and net ecosystem exchange along the coastal waters of southeastern Arabian Sea.

The impact of seasonal coastal upwelling on the dynamics of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and sea-air fluxes of CO along the coastal waters of Kochi was investigated during 2015, as a part of Ecosystem Modelling Project. The surface water pCO varied from 396 to 630μatm during the study period. Significant inter-seasonal variations were found in the distribution of physico-chemical variables and surface pCO.