Modelling of isoprene distribution and cycling in the ocean

• Main Author: Rodríguez Ros, Pablo
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental, Simó Martorell, Rafel, Vallina Fernández, Sergio M.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2020
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil i ambiental; Fuerte; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártida
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/328188; http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669297

Isoprene (C5H8) is the most widely emitted biogenic volatile organic carbon (BVOC). It is produced in the biosphere both on land and in the ocean, and in the atmosphere it acts as a precursor of secondary organic aerosols. Isoprene has an eminently biological origin in phytoplankton; but its agents,...