Dimethylsulfide emissions over the multi-year ice of the western Weddell Sea

Zemmelink, HJ, Dacey, JWH, Houghton, L, Hintsa, EJ and Liss, PS (2008) Dimethylsulfide emissions over the multi-year ice of the western Weddell Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (6). ISSN 1944-8007

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Abstract

This study, conducted in December 2004, is the first to present observations of DMS in a snow pack covering the multi-year sea ice of the western Weddell Sea. The snow layer is important because it is the interface through which DMS needs to be transported in order to be emitted directly from the ice to the overlying atmosphere. High concentrations of DMS, up to 6000 nmol m-3, were found during the first weeks of December but concentrations sharply decline as late spring-early summer progresses. This implies that DMS contained in sea ice is efficiently vented through the snow into the atmosphere. Indeed, field measurements by relaxed eddy accumulation indicate an average release of 11 µmol PMS m-2 d-1 from the ice and snow throughout December.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2011 12:27
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2023 18:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24834
DOI:	10.1029/2007GL031847

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