Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide sources from anthropogenic activity: Implications for carbon cycle constraints

Campbell, J. E.; Whelan, Mary; Seibt, U.; Smith, Steven J.; Berry, J. A.; Hilton, Timothy W.

doi:10.1002/2015GL063445

Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide sources from anthropogenic activity: Implications for carbon cycle constraints

Journal Article · Thu Apr 16 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063445· OSTI ID:1208712

Campbell, J. E. ^[1]; Whelan, Mary ^[1]; Seibt, U. ^[2]; Smith, Steven J. ^[3]; Berry, J. A. ^[4]; Hilton, Timothy W. ^[1]

Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL, College Park, MD (United States)
Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA (United States)

Carbonyl sulfide (COS) has recently emerged as an atmospheric tracer of gross primary production. All modeling studies of COS air-monitoring data rely on a climatological anthropogenic inventory that does not reflect present conditions or support interpretation of ice core and firn trends. Here we develop a global anthropogenic inventory for the years 1850 to 2013 based on new emission measurements and material-specific data. By applying methods from a recent regional inventory to global data, we find that the anthropogenic source is similar in magnitude to the plant sink, confounding carbon cycle applications. However, a material-specific approach results in a current anthropogenic source that is only one third of plant uptake and is concentrated in Asia, supporting carbon cycle applications of global air-monitoring data. As a result, changes in the anthropogenic source alone cannot explain the century-scale mixing ratio growth, which suggests that ice and firn data may provide the first global history of gross primary production.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1208712

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1402371
OSTI ID: 1182865

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--83003; KP1703020

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 42; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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