Biopolymers form a gelatinous microlayer at the air-sea interface when Arctic sea ice melts

• Main Authors: Galgani, Luisa, Piontek, Judith, Engel, Anja
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Amino acids; dissolved hydrolyzable; Arctic Ocean; Central Basin; ARK-XXVII/3; Bacteria; BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; Carbon; organic; dissolved; Coomassie stainable particles; CT; DATE/TIME; DEPTH; water; Description; Event label; ICE; Ice station; Ice station #1; Ice station #2; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Polarstern; PS80/224-1; PS80/237-1; PS80/3-track; PS80 IceArc; Salinity; Sample code/label; Site; Slope ratio; Transparent exopolymer particles; Underway cruise track measurements; Uronic acids; Arctic; Climate change; Ocean acidification; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.871643; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871643

The interface layer between ocean and atmosphere is only a couple of micrometers thick but plays a critical role in climate relevant processes, including the air-sea exchange of gas and heat and the emission of primary organic aerosols (POA). Recent findings suggest that low-level cloud formation ab...