Influence of rain on air-sea gas exchange in the Biosphere 2 ocean

Participants:

• David Ho (LDEO)
• Chris Zappa (LDEO)
• John Dacey (WHOI)
• Wade McGillis (LDEO)
• Barry Ma (UW/APL)
• Larry Bliven (NASA)
• Melissa Hendricks
• Kari Mull (Yale)

Measurements:

• Gas transfer velocity (SF6 evasion & active control flux technique (CFT))
• Rain rate and drop size distribution (Rain Imaging System (RIS), underwater acoustic rain gauge (ARG), Joss-Waldvogel disdrometer)
• High-resolution temperature and salinity gradients (Profiling CTD)
• Surface wave fields (laser altimeter)
• Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation (MAV, Dopbeam)

Results:

Ho, D.T., C.J. Zappa, W.R. McGillis, B.-B. Ma, J. Nystuen, L.F. Bliven, J.W.H. Dacey, M.B. Hendricks, and P. Schlosser, Rain and air-sea gas exchange, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (52), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS42I-01, 2003.