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Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2008

Globally significant oceanic source of organic carbon aerosol

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Significant concentrations of organic carbon (OC) aerosol are observed at three oceanic surface sites (Amsterdam Island, Azores and Mace Head). Two global chemical transport models (CTMs) underpredict OC concentrations at these sites (normalised mean bias of À67% and À58%). During periods of high biological activity monthly mean concentrations are underpredicted by a factor of 5-20. At Amsterdam Island and Mace Head, observed OC correlates well (R 2 = 0.61-0.77) with backtrajectory weighted chlorophyll-a, suggesting an oceanic OC source driven by biological activity. We use a combination of remote sensed chlorophyll-a, back trajectories and observed OC to derive an empirical relation between chlorophyll-a and the total oceanic OC emission flux. Using the GEOS-chem CTM we show a global oceanic OC emission, from primary and secondary sources, of $8 Tg/year matches observations. This emission is comparable in magnitude to the fossil fuel OC source and increases the simulated global OC burden by 20%.
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hal-03194066 , version 1 (09-04-2021)

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Dominick Spracklen, Steve Arnold, Jean Sciare, Kenneth Carslaw, Casimiro Pio. Globally significant oceanic source of organic carbon aerosol. Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35 (12), pp.n/a-n/a. ⟨10.1029/2008GL033359⟩. ⟨hal-03194066⟩
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