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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10111-2021
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06 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 06 Jul 2021
| 06 Jul 2021
Air–sea exchange of acetone, acetaldehyde, DMS and isoprene at a UK coastal site
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Frances E. Hopkins
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Thomas G. Bell
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Peter S. Liss
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Philip D. Nightingale
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Sustainable Agriculture Systems, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, EX20 2SB,
UK
Claire E. Reeves
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Charel Wohl
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
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We present the first measurements of the rate of transfer (flux) of three gases between the atmosphere and the ocean, using a direct flux measurement technique, at a coastal site. We show greater atmospheric loss of acetone and acetaldehyde into the ocean than estimated by global models for the open water; importantly, the acetaldehyde transfer direction is opposite to the model estimates. Measured dimethylsulfide fluxes agreed with a recent model. Isoprene fluxes were too weak to be measured.
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