Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean
We conducted a detailed investigation of the evolution of methyl bromide concentrations, degradation rates, and ventilation rates for 26 days in a naturally contained, warm-core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the first study of the oceanic cycling of methyl bromide in a natural, contained...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt8928t6hs 2024-09-15T18:22:37+00:00 Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean Yvon‐Lewis, Shari A Butler, James H Saltzman, Eric S Matrai, Patricia A King, Daniel B Tokarczyk, Ryszard Moore, Robert M Zhang, Jia‐Zhong 88-1-88-6 2002-12-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8928t6hs https://escholarship.org/content/qt8928t6hs/qt8928t6hs.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gb001898 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt8928t6hs https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8928t6hs https://escholarship.org/content/qt8928t6hs/qt8928t6hs.pdf doi:10.1029/2002gb001898 CC-BY Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol 16, iss 4 methyl bromide degradation production air/sea flux vertical mixing Atmospheric Sciences Geochemistry Oceanography Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences article 2002 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gb001898 2024-06-28T06:28:20Z We conducted a detailed investigation of the evolution of methyl bromide concentrations, degradation rates, and ventilation rates for 26 days in a naturally contained, warm-core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the first study of the oceanic cycling of methyl bromide in a natural, contained system with a complete suite of supporting measurements of physical and chemical variables. Methyl bromide concentrations in the mixed layer ranged from 2.3 to 4.2 nmol m-3, degradation rates ranged from 0.1 to 0.9 nmol m-3 d-1, net sea-to-air exchange rates ranged from 0 to 0.5 nmol m-3 d-1, and net loss rates through the thermocline were less than 0.1 nmol m-3 d-1. From a mass balance for methyl bromide in the mixed layer, we calculated production rates ranging from <0.1 to 1.3 nmol m-3 d-1. The median of this range, 0.48 nmol m-3 d-1, is higher than the ∼0.15 nmol m-3 d-1 necessary to maintain the reported global oceanic emission of 56 Gg yr-1. This is reasonable, because our study area was supersaturated in methyl bromide, whereas the ocean as a whole is undersaturated. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of California: eScholarship Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16 4 |
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methyl bromide degradation production air/sea flux vertical mixing Atmospheric Sciences Geochemistry Oceanography Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Yvon‐Lewis, Shari A Butler, James H Saltzman, Eric S Matrai, Patricia A King, Daniel B Tokarczyk, Ryszard Moore, Robert M Zhang, Jia‐Zhong Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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We conducted a detailed investigation of the evolution of methyl bromide concentrations, degradation rates, and ventilation rates for 26 days in a naturally contained, warm-core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the first study of the oceanic cycling of methyl bromide in a natural, contained system with a complete suite of supporting measurements of physical and chemical variables. Methyl bromide concentrations in the mixed layer ranged from 2.3 to 4.2 nmol m-3, degradation rates ranged from 0.1 to 0.9 nmol m-3 d-1, net sea-to-air exchange rates ranged from 0 to 0.5 nmol m-3 d-1, and net loss rates through the thermocline were less than 0.1 nmol m-3 d-1. From a mass balance for methyl bromide in the mixed layer, we calculated production rates ranging from <0.1 to 1.3 nmol m-3 d-1. The median of this range, 0.48 nmol m-3 d-1, is higher than the ∼0.15 nmol m-3 d-1 necessary to maintain the reported global oceanic emission of 56 Gg yr-1. This is reasonable, because our study area was supersaturated in methyl bromide, whereas the ocean as a whole is undersaturated. |
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Yvon‐Lewis, Shari A Butler, James H Saltzman, Eric S Matrai, Patricia A King, Daniel B Tokarczyk, Ryszard Moore, Robert M Zhang, Jia‐Zhong |
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Yvon‐Lewis, Shari A Butler, James H Saltzman, Eric S Matrai, Patricia A King, Daniel B Tokarczyk, Ryszard Moore, Robert M Zhang, Jia‐Zhong |
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Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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Methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the North Atlantic Ocean |
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methyl bromide cycling in a warm‐core eddy of the north atlantic ocean |
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