Author:
Bopp Laurent,Boucher Olivier,Aumont Olivier,Belviso Sauveur,Dufresne Jean-Louis,Pham Mai,Monfray Patrick
Abstract
Dimethylsulfide (DMS) is the most abundant volatile sulfur compound at the sea surface and has a strong marine phytoplanktonic origin. Once outgased into the atmosphere, it contributes to the formation of sulfate aerosol particles that affect the radiative budget as precursors of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). It has been postulated that climate may be partly modulated by variations in DMS production. We test this hypothesis in the context of anthro pogenic climate change and present here, modelled for the first time, an estimate of the radiative impact resulting from changes in DMS airsea fluxes caused by global warming. At 2× CO2, our model estimates a small increase (3%) in the global DMS flux to the atmosphere but with large spatial heterogeneities (from 15% to 30%). The radiative perturbation resulting from the DMS-induced change in cloud albedo is estimated to be 0.05 W·m2, which represents only a small negative climate feedback on global warming. However, there are large regional changes, such as a perturbation of up to 1.5 W·m2 in summer between 40°S and 50°S, that can impact the regional climate. In the Southern Ocean, the radiative impact resulting from changes in the DMS cycle may partly alleviate the radiative forcing resulting from anthropogenic CO2.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
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