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carbonyl sulfide, potential tracer for ecosystem-level photosynthesis #18

Open mobb opened 7 years ago

mobb commented 7 years ago

this is a chemical we may want to consider adding, as a tracer for ecosystem-level photosynthesis. I don't recall seeing it in any datasets yet, though.

from the below EOS article: "atmospheric scientists, biogeochemists, and oceanographers have proposed measuring a gas called carbonyl sulfide (COS or OCS) to help quantify the contribution that photosynthesis makes to carbon uptake. COS is similar in structure and composition to CO2, with a sulfur atom replacing one of CO2’s oxygen atoms."

Citation: Campbell, J. E., et al. (2017), Assessing a new clue to how much carbon plants take up, Eos, 98, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO075313. Published on 05 July 2017.