Globally significant oceanic source of organic carbon aerosol

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Spracklen, Dominick V., Arnold, Steve R., Sciare, Jean, Carslaw, Kenneth S., Pio, Casimiro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2008
• Subjects: Mace; Amsterdam Island
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00237/34831/33290.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033359; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00237/34831/

Significant concentrations of organic carbon (OC) aerosol are observed at three oceanic surface sites (Amsterdam Island, Azores and Mace Head). Two global chemical transport models (CTMs) underpredict OC concentrations at these sites (normalised mean bias of -67% and -58%). During periods of high bi...