Dissolution of calcium carbonate in the North Atlantic

Dissolution of calcium carbonate: observations and model results in the North Atlantic K. Friis, R. G. Najjar, M. J. Follows, S. Dutkiewicz, A. Körtzinger, and K. M. Johnson Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology, 503 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802-5013, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, 77 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel, Marine Biogeochemistry, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany now at: Dechema e.V., Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Received: 29 September 2006 – Accepted: 14 October 2006 – Published: 18 October 2006 Correspondence to: K. Friis ([email protected])