Program

The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest semi-enclosed marginal sea in the Southeast Asia, which is bounded by the Asian continent, Philippine Archipelago, and Great Sunda Islands. The inventory and oceanic uptake rates of anthropogenic CO₂ (C_ant) in South China Sea is of great significance on the change of global carbon cycle, the feedback effect on the climate change, and so on. Transit time distribution Method based on CO₂, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) data are used to calculate ventilation time-scales and evaluate C_ant concentrations, C_ant specific inventories, and uptake rates in the South China Sea. These will help us not only to understand the role of the South China Sea in the global carbon cycle, but also to improve the accuracy of future global climate change prediction.