DMS role in ENSO cycle in the tropics

Xu, Li; Cameron-Smith, Philip; Russell, Lynn M.; Ghan, Steven J.; Liu, Ying; Elliott, Scott; Yang, Yang; Lou, Sijia; Lamjiri, Maryam A.; Manizza, Manfredi

doi:10.1002/2016JD025333

DMS role in ENSO cycle in the tropics

Journal Article · Fri Oct 28 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025333· OSTI ID:1343183

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Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

We examined the multiyear mean and variability of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and its relationship to sulfate aerosols, as well as cloud microphysical and radiative properties. We conducted a 150 year simulation using preindustrial conditions produced by the Community Earth System Model embedded with a dynamic DMS module. The model simulated the mean spatial distribution of DMS emissions and burden, as well as sulfur budgets associated with DMS, SO₂, H₂SO₄, and sulfate that were generally similar to available observations and inventories for a variety of regions. Changes in simulated sea-to-air DMS emissions and associated atmospheric abundance, along with associated aerosols and cloud and radiative properties, were consistently dominated by El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle in the tropical Pacific region. Simulated DMS, aerosols, and clouds showed a weak positive feedback on sea surface temperature. This feedback suggests a link among DMS, aerosols, clouds, and climate on interannual timescales. The variability of DMS emissions associated with ENSO was primarily caused by a higher variation in wind speed during La Niña events. As a result, the simulation results also suggest that variations in DMS emissions increase the frequency of La Niña events but do not alter ENSO variability in terms of the standard deviation of the Niño 3 sea surface temperature anomalies.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: NSF; Battelle Memorial Institute; USDOE, ACME; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21); National Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; SC0006679; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1343183

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1402244

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--123189; KP1703020

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 121; ISSN 2169-897X

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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