Atmospheric deposition of methanol over the Atlantic Ocean
Transport of gases between the ocean and the atmosphere has profound implications for our environment and the Earth’s climate. An example of this transport is the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide, which has buffered us from a higher concentration of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere while also c...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3864313 2023-05-15T17:50:45+02:00 Atmospheric deposition of methanol over the Atlantic Ocean Yang, Mingxi Nightingale, Philip D. Beale, Rachael Liss, Peter S. Blomquist, Byron Fairall, Christopher 2013-12-10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3864313 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24277830 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1317840110 en eng National Academy of Sciences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24277830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1317840110 Physical Sciences Text 2013 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1317840110 2014-06-15T00:34:34Z Transport of gases between the ocean and the atmosphere has profound implications for our environment and the Earth’s climate. An example of this transport is the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide, which has buffered us from a higher concentration of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere while also causing ocean acidification. Here we describe the first direct measurements of air–sea methanol transfer. Atmospheric methanol, a ubiquitous and abundant organic gas of primarily terrestrial origin, is observed to be transported over thousands of kilometers and deposited over the ocean, where it is likely consumed by marine microbes. We quantify the rate of methanol deposition and examine the governing processes near the air–sea interface. Text Ocean acidification PubMed Central (PMC) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 50 20034 20039 |
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Transport of gases between the ocean and the atmosphere has profound implications for our environment and the Earth’s climate. An example of this transport is the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide, which has buffered us from a higher concentration of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere while also causing ocean acidification. Here we describe the first direct measurements of air–sea methanol transfer. Atmospheric methanol, a ubiquitous and abundant organic gas of primarily terrestrial origin, is observed to be transported over thousands of kilometers and deposited over the ocean, where it is likely consumed by marine microbes. We quantify the rate of methanol deposition and examine the governing processes near the air–sea interface. |
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Atmospheric deposition of methanol over the Atlantic Ocean |
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