Evaluating oceanic uptake of atmospheric CCl4: A combined analysis of model simulations and observations

Suntharalingam, P., Buitenhuis, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-5583, Carpenter, L. J., Butler, J. H., Messias, M. J., Andrews, S. J. and Hackenberg, S. C. (2019) Evaluating oceanic uptake of atmospheric CCl4: A combined analysis of model simulations and observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (1). pp. 472-482. ISSN 0094-8276

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Abstract

We provide new estimates of the air‐sea flux of CCl4 using simulations from a global ocean biogeochemistry model (NEMO‐PlankTOM) in combination with depth‐resolved CCl4 observations from global oceanic databases. Estimates of global oceanic CCl4 uptake are derived from a range of model analyses, including prescribed parameterizations using reported values on hydrolysis and degradation, and analyses optimized using the global observational databases. We evaluate the sensitivity of our results to uncertainties in air‐sea gas exchange parameterization, estimation period, and circulation processes. Our best constrained estimate of ocean CCl4 uptake for the period 1996–2000 is 20.1 Gg/year (range 16.6–22.7), corresponding to estimates of the partial atmospheric lifetime with respect to ocean uptake of 124 (110–150) years. This new oceanic lifetime implies higher emissions of CCl4 than currently estimated and therefore a larger missing atmospheric source of CCl4.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	air-sea fluxes,carbon tetrachloride,halocarbon,ozone-depleting substance,geophysics,earth and planetary sciences(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1908
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?... http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2018GL08061...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2018 17:30
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 13:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69225
DOI:	10.1029/2018GL080612

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