WP12: Observations in the North Sea 2001, 2005 and 2008•Identical period of cruises:• 16.8.-13.9.2001 and 17.8.-6.9.2005. •Cruise 15.8.2008-15.9.2008

•90 identical CTD stations during all cruises•>20,000 underway measurements of pCO2

•All relevant CO2 system parameters to fully investigate the system

• Southern Bight of the North Sea

– Exploring the use of remote sensing products to derive pCO2 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 inorder 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 x106 km²

14 km

G1 G3G2

Nitrate (M)

G1 G

2G

3

Jun05 Jul05 Aug05 Sep05 Oct05 Nov05 Dec05 Jan06 Feb06 Mar06 Apr06 May062200

2250

2300

2350

2400

2450

2500

Time

TIC

(um

ol K

g-1

)

Two more cruises will be performed in the Mediterranean Sea from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Strait of Sicily to assess the Cant in the Western Mediterranean (March and June 2008).

WP13: REGIONAL ASSESMENT FOR THE WEST-MEDITERRANEAN

Salinity O2 (µmol kg-1) Cant (µmol kg-1)

1980-1987

1990-1992

1995

2001

2006

360

380

400

-200

-150

-100

-50

0

50

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Lutjewad

[CO

2] (

ppm

)

O2 /N

2 (per meg)

Lutjewad/F3 flask measurements2.2 ppm/yr

-26 per meg/yr

WP14:European Integration

Scenarios of total national emissions of carbonin CO2 for EU-25

0.80

0.85

0.90

0.95

1.00

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.20

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

Gt

C/

yr CAFE/PRIMES model w ithoutfurther climate measures

Energy and Transport Trends to2030 - Baseline scenario

EEA Baseline scenario (LREM-E)

(CAFE) Baseline scenariow ithout climate policies

CAFE/PRIMES model w ith furtherclimate measures

EEA Low Greenhouse gasEmission Pathw ay w ith phase outnuclear

EEA Low Greenhouse gasEmission Pathw ay (LGEP)

EEA Low Greenhouse gasEmission Pathw ay w ithaccelerated nuclear

CAFE Baseline scenario w ithclimate policies

EEA Low Greenhouse gasEmission Pathw ay w ithrenew ables targets

WP14:

European Integration

Assessment of:•Costs•Socioeconomic impactsOf different reduction scenarios