Collaborative Research: Diel Biogeochemical Cycling of CO, OCS, and HOOH in the Sargasso Sea: Measuring and Modeling Distributions, Fluxes, and Processes

光照充足的世界海洋表层水域是一个与大气进行物质交换的区域，也是一个以无数化学反应为特征的区域，其中许多化学反应是由阳光驱动的。在这个项目中，研究人员将量化并模拟上层海洋中羰基硫化物、一氧化碳和过氧化氢的循环。这三种物质都是由太阳光解有色溶解有机物产生的。这三种物种的高分辨率测定将在海上进行，同时进行适当的光学、生物和气象测量。实验室实验和数学模型将用于约束相互转换的可能机制和估计未测量的通量。研究人员希望对海洋中这些具有全球重要性的化学物质的化学性质，以及它们在海洋和低层大气之间的交换，取得前所未有的了解。

ABSTRACT OCE-9811208 / 9815190 / 9815179 / 9815187 The well-lit surface waters of the world ocean is a region of material exchange with the atmosphere as well as a region characterized by a myriad of chemical reactions, many of which are driven by sunlight. In this project, the nvestigators will quantify and model the diel cycling of carbonyl sulfide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen peroxide in the upper ocean. All three species are generated by solar photolysis of colored dissolved organic matter. High resolution determinations of these three species will be made at sea together with appropriate optical, biological, and meterological measurements. Laboratory experiments and mathematical models would be used to constrain the possible mechanisms of interconversion and to estimate unmeasured fluxes. The investigators expect to achieve an unprecedented understanding of the chemistry of these globally-important chemical species in the sea as well as their exchange between the ocean and lower atmosphere.