Ozone deposition to a coastal sea: comparison of eddy covariance observations with reactive air–sea exchange models

Loades, David C.; Yang, Mingxi; Bell, Thomas G.; Vaughan, Adam R.; Pound, Ryan J.; Metzger, Stefan; Lee, James D.; Carpenter, Lucy J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6915-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6915-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6915-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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18 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2020

Ozone deposition to a coastal sea: comparison of eddy covariance observations with reactive air–sea exchange models

David C. Loades, Mingxi Yang, Thomas G. Bell, Adam R. Vaughan, Ryan J. Pound, Stefan Metzger, James D. Lee, and Lucy J. Carpenter

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6915-2020-supplement

Data sets

Ozone eddy covariance measurements at Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory, April-May 2018 D. Loades, T. Bell, and M. Yang https://doi.org/10.5285/8351ed155b134155848d03a7cdce9f02

Model code and software

NEONScience/eddy4R: eddy4R-Docker 1.0.1 (Version 1.0.1) D. Durden, N. Pingintha-Durden, S., Metzger, C. Sturtevant, K. Xu, H. Luo, W. S. Drysdale, A. R. Vaughan, and J. A. Roberti https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3590128

Short summary

The loss of ozone to the sea surface was measured from the south coast of the UK and was found to be more rapid than previous observations over the open ocean. This is likely a consequence of different chemistry and biology in coastal environments. Strong winds appeared to speed up the loss of ozone. A better understanding of what influences ozone loss over the sea will lead to better model estimates of total ozone in the troposphere.