Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3123s03r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 23, CiteID L23S03
Mathematics
Logic
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Air/Sea Constituent Fluxes (3339, 4504), Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Gases, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Photochemistry
Scientific paper
A series of 8 methyl iodide (CH3I) production experiments were conducted during Meteor cruise 55 to the tropical Atlantic. Natural seawater samples were incubated in quartz flasks, on-deck, for 24 hours both in the dark and under the natural light-dark cycle. A subset of incubations was conducted with samples that had been either filtered or poisoned to reduce or eliminate within-flask biological activity. The accumulation of CH3I in the dark incubations was <20% of the `light' production. The experimental results supported prior inferences that CH3I is produced in the open ocean by a light-dependent production pathway that is not directly dependent on biological activity. The average observed net production rate in full sunlight incubations was 2-5 nmol m-3 day-1. A mass balance for the tropical Atlantic surface layer implies that this rate of production can support at least 50% of the average sea-to-air flux of 23 nmol m-2 day-1.
Richter Uwe
Wallace Douglas W. R.
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