Eric S. SaltzmanProfessor, Earth System Science |
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Research Interests |
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biogeochemistry, Air/Sea Exchange | |
| URLs | Saltzman/Aydin Research Group | |
| Department of Earth System Science | ||
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Research Abstract |
Biologically produced gases in the surface ocean have a major impact on global atmospheric cycling of elements such as sulfur, nitrogen, and carbon, and can play an important role in the global climate system. This research involves the development of analytical instruments for trace gas measurement, collection of field data using ships and aircraft, and the use of computer models to estimate rates of air/sea exchange and atmospheric reactions. These studies also involve the use of polar ice cores to study the chemistry of ancient atmospheres. A current project involves the study of the possible role of biological sulfur gases in the long-term control of climate. The sulfur chemistry of deep ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica provides a record of oceanic sulfur emissions during periods of rapid and extreme climate change. This research involves ice core drilling and the laboratory analysis of ice core samples for trace ions. Another focus of research is understanding the global atmospheric budgets of stratospheric ozone-depleting methyl halides such as methyl bromide and methyl chloride. We are studying how these gases cycle through the oceans today, using shipboard studies and numerical simulations. We are also examining how man's activities and climate change have altered the atmospheric levels of these gases by analyzing ancient air extracted from polar ice cores. |
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| Publications | Whalley, L. K., et al. (2010), The chemistry of OH and HO2 radicals in the boundary layer over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, Atmos Chem Phys, 10(4), 1555-1576. | |
| Montzka, S. A., L. Kuijpers, M. O. Battle, M. Aydin, K. R. Verhulst, E. S. Saltzman, and D. W. Fahey (2010), Recent increases in global HFC-23 emissions, Geophys Res Lett, 37. DOI 10.1029/2009gl041195 | ||
| Miller, S. D., C. Marandino, and E. S. Saltzman (2010), Ship-based measurement of air-sea CO2 exchange by eddy covariance, J Geophys Res-Atmos, 115. DOI 10.1029/2009jd012193 | ||
| Lee, J. D., et al. (2010), Reactive Halogens in the Marine Boundary Layer (RHaMBLe): the tropical North Atlantic experiments, Atmos Chem Phys, 10(3), 1031-1055. | ||
| Aydin, M., S.A. Montzka, M.O. Battle, M.B. Williams, W.J. De Bruyn, J.H. Butler, K.R. Verhulst, C. Tatum, B.K. Gun, D.A. Plotkin, B.D. Hall, E.S. Saltzman. (2010), Post-coring entrapment of modern air in some shallow ice cores collected near the firn-ice transition: evidence from CFC-12 measurements in Antarctic firn air and ice cores, Atmos Chem Phys, 10(11), 5135-5144. DOI 10.5194/acp-10-5135-2010 | ||
| Yvon-Lewis, S. A., E. S. Saltzman, and S. A. Montzka (2009), Recent trends in atmospheric methyl bromide: analysis of post-Montreal Protocol variability, Atmos Chem Phys, 9(16), 5963-5974. | ||
| Saltzman, E. S., W. J. De Bruyn, M. J. Lawler, C. A. Marandino, and C. A. McCormick (2009), A chemical ionization mass spectrometer for continuous underway shipboard analysis of dimethylsulfide in near-surface seawater, Ocean Sci, 5(4), 537-546. | ||
| Saltzman, E. S., M. Aydin, M. B. Williams, K. R. Verhulst, and B. Gun (2009), Methyl chloride in a deep ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica, Geophys Res Lett, 36. DOI 10.1029/2008gl036266 | ||
| Saltzman, E. S. (2009), Surface ocean-lower atmosphere processes, in Geophysical monograph, edited by C. Le Quéré and E. S. Saltzman, pp. vii, 329 p., American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. | ||
| Miller, S., C. Marandino, W. de Bruyn, and E. S. Saltzman (2009), Air-sea gas exchange of CO2 and DMS in the North Atlantic by eddy covariance, Geophys Res Lett, 36. DOI 10.1029/2009gl038907 | ||
| Marandino, C. A., W. J. De Bruyn, S. D. Miller, and E. S. Saltzman (2009), Open ocean DMS air/sea fluxes over the eastern South Pacific Ocean, Atmos Chem Phys, 9(2), 345-356. | ||
| Lawler, M. J., B. D. Finley, W. C. Keene, A. A. P. Pszenny, K. A. Read, R. von Glasow, and E. S. Saltzman (2009), Pollution-enhanced reactive chlorine chemistry in the eastern tropical Atlantic boundary layer, Geophys Res Lett, 36. DOI 10.1029/2008gl036666 | ||
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4740 | |
| Last updated | 10/04/2010 | |