Articles | Volume 16, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11807-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11807-2016
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22 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 22 Sep 2016

Can simple models predict large-scale surface ocean isoprene concentrations?

Dennis Booge, Christa A. Marandino, Cathleen Schlundt, Paul I. Palmer, Michael Schlundt, Elliot L. Atlas, Astrid Bracher, Eric S. Saltzman, and Douglas W. R. Wallace

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Pigments of phytoplankton during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXV/1 Bettina B. Taylor, Elena Torrecilla, Anja Bernhardt, Marc H. Taylor, Ilka Peeken, Rüdiger Röttgers, Jaume Piera, and Astrid Bracher https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819070

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Isoprene, a biogenic trace gas, is an important precursor of secondary organic aerosol/cloud condensation nuclei. Here, we use isoprene and related field measurements from three different ocean data sets together with remotely sensed satellite data to model global marine isoprene emissions. Our findings suggest that there is at least one missing oceanic source of isoprene and possibly other unknown factors in the ocean or atmosphere influencing the atmospheric values.
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