The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions
The biogeochemical formation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) from the Southern Ocean is complex, dynamic, and driven by physical, chemical, and biological processes. Such processes, produced by marine biogenic activity, are the dominant source of sulfate aerosol over the Southern Ocean. Using an atmospher...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f578a833ec1b454fbd8b4fad94610278 2024-01-14T10:10:49+01:00 The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions Y. A. Bhatti L. E. Revell A. J. Schuddeboom A. J. McDonald A. T. Archibald J. Williams A. U. Venugopal C. Hardacre E. Behrens 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15181-2023 https://doaj.org/article/f578a833ec1b454fbd8b4fad94610278 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/15181/2023/acp-23-15181-2023.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 doi:10.5194/acp-23-15181-2023 1680-7316 1680-7324 https://doaj.org/article/f578a833ec1b454fbd8b4fad94610278 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 23, Pp 15181-15196 (2023) Physics QC1-999 Chemistry QD1-999 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15181-2023 2023-12-17T01:38:59Z The biogeochemical formation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) from the Southern Ocean is complex, dynamic, and driven by physical, chemical, and biological processes. Such processes, produced by marine biogenic activity, are the dominant source of sulfate aerosol over the Southern Ocean. Using an atmosphere-only configuration of the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1-AMIP), we performed eight 10-year simulations for the recent past (2009–2018) during austral summer. We tested the sensitivity of atmospheric DMS to four oceanic DMS datasets and three DMS transfer velocity parameterizations. One oceanic DMS dataset was developed here from satellite chlorophyll a . We find that the choice of oceanic DMS dataset has a larger influence on atmospheric DMS than the choice of DMS transfer velocity. Simulations with linear transfer velocity parameterizations show a more accurate representation of atmospheric DMS concentration than those using quadratic relationships. This work highlights that the oceanic DMS and DMS transfer velocity parameterizations currently used in climate models are poorly constrained for the Southern Ocean region. Simulations using oceanic DMS derived from satellite chlorophyll a data, and when combined with a recently developed linear transfer velocity parameterization for DMS, show better spatial variability than the UKESM1 configuration. We also demonstrate that capturing large-scale spatial variability can be more important than large-scale interannual variability. We recommend that models use a DMS transfer velocity parameterization that was developed specifically for DMS and improvements to oceanic DMS spatial variability. Such improvements may provide a more accurate process-based representation of oceanic and atmospheric DMS, and therefore sulfate aerosol, in the Southern Ocean region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Austral Southern Ocean Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23 24 15181 15196 |
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The biogeochemical formation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) from the Southern Ocean is complex, dynamic, and driven by physical, chemical, and biological processes. Such processes, produced by marine biogenic activity, are the dominant source of sulfate aerosol over the Southern Ocean. Using an atmosphere-only configuration of the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1-AMIP), we performed eight 10-year simulations for the recent past (2009–2018) during austral summer. We tested the sensitivity of atmospheric DMS to four oceanic DMS datasets and three DMS transfer velocity parameterizations. One oceanic DMS dataset was developed here from satellite chlorophyll a . We find that the choice of oceanic DMS dataset has a larger influence on atmospheric DMS than the choice of DMS transfer velocity. Simulations with linear transfer velocity parameterizations show a more accurate representation of atmospheric DMS concentration than those using quadratic relationships. This work highlights that the oceanic DMS and DMS transfer velocity parameterizations currently used in climate models are poorly constrained for the Southern Ocean region. Simulations using oceanic DMS derived from satellite chlorophyll a data, and when combined with a recently developed linear transfer velocity parameterization for DMS, show better spatial variability than the UKESM1 configuration. We also demonstrate that capturing large-scale spatial variability can be more important than large-scale interannual variability. We recommend that models use a DMS transfer velocity parameterization that was developed specifically for DMS and improvements to oceanic DMS spatial variability. Such improvements may provide a more accurate process-based representation of oceanic and atmospheric DMS, and therefore sulfate aerosol, in the Southern Ocean region. |
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The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions |
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The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions |
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The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions |
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The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions |
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The sensitivity of Southern Ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to modeled oceanic DMS concentrations and emissions |
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sensitivity of southern ocean atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (dms) to modeled oceanic dms concentrations and emissions |
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