Abstract
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES,
VOL. 18,
GB3013,
10 PP., 2004
doi:10.1029/2003GB002193
Comparison of global climatological maps of sea surface dimethyl sulfide
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Southampton Oceanography Center, Waterfront Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (COSIM), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (COSIM), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (COSIM), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CMIMA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
We have examined differences in regional and seasonal variability among seven global climatologies of sea-surface dimethyl sulfide (DMS) concentrations. We found large differences between recent climatologies and that typically used by most atmospheric sulfur models. The relative uncertainty (1σ/mean) in the latitudinal distribution of the annual mean DMS concentration increases from about 50% in tropical and temperate regions to nearly 100% in the high latitudes. We also compared these climatologies to new measurements in the North Atlantic Ocean taken during the 2001 Programme Océan Multidisciplinaire Méso Echelle (POMME) expeditions.
Received 21 November 2003; accepted 19 May 2004; published 21 August 2004.
Citation: (2004), Comparison of global climatological maps of sea surface dimethyl sulfide, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 18, GB3013, doi:10.1029/2003GB002193.
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