Project information
GABRIC, Prof. Albert (Al)
Griffith University
Australia (or home country)
Project aim
Understanding the strength of possible biological feedbacks is crucial to the science of climate change. This project aims to improve our understanding of one such feedback, the biogenic production of dimethylsulphide (DMS) and its impact on atmospheric aerosols. The Antarctic ocean is potentially a major source of DMS-derived aerosols. The project will investigate the coupling between satellite-derived aerosol optical depth, phytoplankton biomass and DMS production in the Antarctic Southern Ocean.
Related publications
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Correlations between the satellite-derived seasonal cycles of phytoplankton biomass and aerosol optical depth in the Southern Ocean: Evidence for the influence of sea ice. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2005
(Ref: 12268)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
[1] The relationship between the production of dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the upper … ocean and atmospheric sulfate aerosols has been confirmed through local shipboard … measurements, and global modeling studies alike.
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The sensitivity of dimethyl sulfide production to simulated climate change in the Eastern Antarctic Southern Ocean. Tellus, 2003
(Ref: 11139)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature