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Global/Continental-Scale Measurements and Modeling

Montzka et al. (2007) presented the first collection of globally distributed ambient COS measurements, starting in 2000. Initially, CO2 uptake estimates were used to model global COS uptake.  Sandoval-Soto et al. (2005) scaled COS uptake with net primary productivity.  Campbell et al. (2008) showed that scaling COS uptake to gross primary production was a better fit.  Soil COS exchange (Berry et al. 2013) and anthropogenic sources (Campbell et al. 2015) have been subsequently taken into account.


Campbell, J. E., Whelan, M. E., Seibt, U., Smith, S. J., Berry, J. A. and Hilton, T. W.: Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide sources from anthropogenic activity: Implications for carbon cycle constraints, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2015GL063445, 2015.



Launois, T.,  Peylin, P., Belviso, S., and Poulter, B. A new model of the global biogeochemical cycle of carbonyl sulfide – Part 2: Use of OCS to constrain gross primary productivity of current vegetation models, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 27663-27729, doi:10.5194/acpd-14-27663-2014, 2014

Berry, J., Wolf, A., Campbell, J. E., Baker, I., Blake, N., Blake, D., Denning, A. S., Kawa, S. R., Montzka, S. A., Seibt, U., Stimler, K., Yakir, D. and Zhu, Z.: A coupled model of the global cycles of carbonyl sulfide and CO2: A possible new window on the carbon cycle, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences, 118(2), 842–852, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20068, 2013.

Campbell, J. E., Carmichael, G. R., Chai, T., Mena-Carrasco, M., Tang, Y., Blake, D. R., Blake, N. J., Vay, S. A., Collatz, G. J., Baker, I., Berry, J. A., Montzka, S. A., Sweeney, C., Schnoor, J. L. and Stanier, C. O.: Photosynthetic control of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide during the growing season, Science, 322(5904), 1085–1088, doi:10.1126/science.1164015, 2008.

Blake, N. J., Campbell, J. E., Vay, S. A., Fuelberg, H. E., Huey, L. G., Sachse, G., Meinardi, S., Beyersdorf, A., Baker, A., Barletta, B., Midyett, J., Doezema, L., Kamboures, M., McAdams, J., Novak, B., Rowland, F. S. and Blake, D. R.: Carbonyl sulfide (OCS): Large-scale distributions over North America during INTEX-NA and relationship to CO2, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 113(D9), D09S90, doi:10.1029/2007JD009163, 2008.



Suntharalingam, P., Kettle, A. J., Montzka, S. M. and Jacob, D. J.: Global 3-D model analysis of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide: Implications for terrestrial vegetation uptake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(19), doi:10.1029/2008GL034332, 2008.



Montzka, S. A., Calvert, P., Hall, B. D., Elkins, J. W., Conway, T. J., Tans, P. P. and Sweeney, C.: On the global distribution, seasonality, and budget of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide (COS) and some similarities to CO2, J Geophys Res Atmos, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007665, 2007.



Sandoval-Soto, L., Stanimirov, M., Von Hobe, M., Schmitt, V., Valdes, J., Wild, A. and Kesselmeier, J.: Global uptake of carbonyl sulfide (COS) by terrestrial vegetation: Estimates corrected by deposition velocities normalized to the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2), Biogeosciences, 2(2), 125–132, doi:10.5194/bg-2-125-2005, 2005.



Kettle, A. J., Kuhn, U., von Hobe, M., Kesselmeier, J. and Andreae, M. O.: Global budget of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide: Temporal and spatial variations of the dominant sources and sinks, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 107(D22), 1–16, doi:10.1029/2002JD002187, 2002.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1433257.  
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