INT-01 SOLAS: Air-Sea interaction
High-resolution distribution and emission of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and its relationship with pCO2 in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
Shi-Bo Yan* , Ocean University of China
Xiao-Jun LI, Ocean University of China
Feng Xu, Ocean University of China
Jian Wang, Ocean University of China
Hong-Hai Zhang, Ocean University of China
Gui-Peng Yang, Ocean University of China

Ocean-derived dimethyl sulfide (DMS) has been widely concerned because of its hypothesized significant influence on global climate change. High-resolution shipboard underway measurements of DMS and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) in the surface seawater and atmospheric were conducted from the marginal sea to the Northwest Pacific Ocean in November 2019. Atmospheric and surface seawater DMS concentrations ranged from 19 to 122 pptv and from 0.4 to 1.8 nmol L-1, respectively, with the mean values of 44 ± 19 pptv and 1.1 ± 0.34 nmol L-1. The average sea surface pCO2 was 370 ± 16 μatm (range:332 to 401 μatm). The variations in DMS of surface seawater in the Northwest Pacific Ocean were primarily associated with the phytoplankton biomass and community under different current systems. The biological activities and physical processes such as cooling jointly influenced the changes in sea surface pCO2. The cold eddy on the track in the Northwest Pacific Ocean can increase DMS at the sea surface by 10% and CO2 uptake by 3%. We found a significant negative correlation between DMS and pCO2 in the Northwest Pacific Ocean using 0.1° resolution, [DMS] seawater = -0.0161[pCO2] seawater + 7.046 (R2 = 0.569, p < 0.01). The DMS and pCO2 sea-air fluxes were estimated to be from 0.04 to 25.8 μmol m-2·d-1 and from -27.0 to 4.22 mmol m-2·d-1 over the entire cruise. The Northwest Pacific Ocean, especially the Oyashio Current, is an important sink of CO2 and a source of DMS.