Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5223-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5223-2022
Research article
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21 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 21 Apr 2022

OCEANFILMS (Organic Compounds from Ecosystems to Aerosols: Natural Films and Interfaces via Langmuir Molecular Surfactants) sea spray organic aerosol emissions – implementation in a global climate model and impacts on clouds

Susannah M. Burrows, Richard C. Easter, Xiaohong Liu, Po-Lun Ma, Hailong Wang, Scott M. Elliott, Balwinder Singh, Kai Zhang, and Philip J. Rasch

Data sets

Macromolecule distributions input file for the OCEANFILMS parameterization (Version v1) Scott M. Elliott, Mathew Maltrud, and Susannah M. Burrows https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6320812

Model code and software

E3SMv1.0 model release E3SM Project, DOE. https://doi.org/10.11578/E3SM/dc.20180418.36

Short summary
Sea spray particles are composed of a mixture of salts and organic substances from oceanic microorganisms. In prior work, our team developed an approach connecting sea spray chemistry to ocean biology, called OCEANFILMS. Here we describe its implementation within an Earth system model, E3SM. We show that simulated sea spray chemistry is consistent with observed seasonal cycles and that sunlight reflected by simulated Southern Ocean clouds increases, consistent with analysis of satellite data.
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