Remote Sensing Retrieval of Isoprene Concentrations in the Southern Ocean

Type : ACL
Nature : Production scientifique
Au bénéfice du Laboratoire : Oui
Statut de publication : Publié
Année de publication : 2020
Auteurs (8) : RODRIGUEZ-ROS Pablo GALI Marti CORTÉS Pau ROBINSON Charlotte,mary ANTOINE David WOHL Charel YANG Mingxi SIMÓ Rafel
Revue scientifique : Geophysical Research Letters
Volume : 47
Fascicule : 13
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DOI : 10.1029/2020GL087888
URL : https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020gl087888
Abstract : Abstract Isoprene produced by marine phytoplankton acts as a precursor of secondary organic aerosol and thereby affects cloud formation and brightness over the remote oceans. Yet the marine isoprene emission is poorly constrained, with discrepancies among estimates that reach 2 orders of magnitude. Here we present ISOREMS, the first satellite-only based algorithm for the retrieval of isoprene concentration in the Southern Ocean. Sea surface concentrations from six cruises were matched with remotely sensed variables from MODIS Aqua, and isoprene was best predicted by multiple linear regression with chlorophyll a and sea surface temperature. Climatological (2002–2018) isoprene distributions computed with ISOREMS revealed high concentrations in coastal and near-island waters, and within the 40–50°S latitudinal band. Isoprene seasonality paralleled phytoplankton productivity, with annual maxima in summer. The annual Southern Ocean emission of isoprene was estimated at 63 Gg C yr−1. The algorithm can provide spatially and temporally realistic inputs to atmospheric and climate models.
Mots-clés : isoprene, remote sensing, MODIS, Southern Ocean, chlorophyll a, algorithm
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Rodriguez-Ros P, Gali M, Cortés P, Robinson CM, Antoine D, Wohl C, Yang M, Simó R (2020) Remote Sensing Retrieval of Isoprene Concentrations in the Southern Ocean. Geophys Res Lett 47 | doi: 10.1029/2020GL087888