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Oceanic uptake and the global atmospheric acetone budget

  • C. A. Marandino
  • , W. J. De Bruyn
  • , S. D. Miller
  • , M. J. Prather
  • , E. S. Saltzman

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Abstract

In this study, direct measurements of the air/sea flux of acetone were made over the North Pacific Ocean. The results demonstrate that the net flux of acetone is into, rather than out of the oceans. The extrapolated global ocean uptake of 48 Tg yr-1 requires a major revision of the atmospheric acetone budget. This result is consistent with a recent reevaluation of acetone photodissociation quantum yields.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL15806
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume32
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 16 2005

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