Biogeosciences (Jun 2018)
Reviews and syntheses: Carbonyl sulfide as a multi-scale tracer for carbon and water cycles
- M. E. Whelan,
- M. E. Whelan,
- S. T. Lennartz,
- T. E. Gimeno,
- R. Wehr,
- G. Wohlfahrt,
- Y. Wang,
- L. M. J. Kooijmans,
- T. W. Hilton,
- S. Belviso,
- P. Peylin,
- R. Commane,
- W. Sun,
- H. Chen,
- L. Kuai,
- I. Mammarella,
- K. Maseyk,
- M. Berkelhammer,
- K.-F. Li,
- D. Yakir,
- A. Zumkehr,
- Y. Katayama,
- J. Ogée,
- F. M. Spielmann,
- F. Kitz,
- B. Rastogi,
- J. Kesselmeier,
- J. Marshall,
- K.-M. Erkkilä,
- L. Wingate,
- L. K. Meredith,
- W. He,
- R. Bunk,
- T. Launois,
- T. Vesala,
- T. Vesala,
- T. Vesala,
- J. A. Schmidt,
- C. G. Fichot,
- U. Seibt,
- S. Saleska,
- E. S. Saltzman,
- S. A. Montzka,
- J. A. Berry,
- J. E. Campbell
Affiliations
- M. E. Whelan
- Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama St., Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- M. E. Whelan
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 7127 Math Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, USA
- S. T. Lennartz
- GEOMAR Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
- T. E. Gimeno
- INRA, UMR ISPA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux, 33140, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- R. Wehr
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1041 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- G. Wohlfahrt
- Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Y. Wang
- Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- L. M. J. Kooijmans
- Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
- T. W. Hilton
- Environmental Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- S. Belviso
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-Paris Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- P. Peylin
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-Paris Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- R. Commane
- Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- W. Sun
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 7127 Math Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, USA
- H. Chen
- Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
- L. Kuai
- UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, 4800 Oak Groove Dr., M/S 233-200, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- I. Mammarella
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- K. Maseyk
- School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK
- M. Berkelhammer
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
- K.-F. Li
- Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Geology 2460, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- D. Yakir
- Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Instiutute of Science, 234 Herzl St., Rehovot 76100, Israel
- A. Zumkehr
- University of California, Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343, USA
- Y. Katayama
- Center for Conservation Science, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, 3–43 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, 110–8713 Tokyo, Japan
- J. Ogée
- INRA, UMR ISPA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux, 33140, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- F. M. Spielmann
- Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- F. Kitz
- Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- B. Rastogi
- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 374 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA
- J. Kesselmeier
- Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
- J. Marshall
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 7745 Jena, Germany
- K.-M. Erkkilä
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- L. Wingate
- INRA, UMR ISPA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux, 33140, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- L. K. Meredith
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, 1064 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- W. He
- Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
- R. Bunk
- Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
- T. Launois
- INRA, UMR ISPA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux, 33140, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- T. Vesala
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- T. Vesala
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- T. Vesala
- Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- J. A. Schmidt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- C. G. Fichot
- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- U. Seibt
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 7127 Math Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, USA
- S. Saleska
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1041 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- E. S. Saltzman
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-3100, USA
- S. A. Montzka
- NOAA/ESRL/GMD, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- J. A. Berry
- Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama St., Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- J. E. Campbell
- Environmental Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3625-2018
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15
pp. 3625 – 3657
Abstract
For the past decade, observations of carbonyl sulfide (OCS or COS) have been investigated as a proxy for carbon uptake by plants. OCS is destroyed by enzymes that interact with CO2 during photosynthesis, namely carbonic anhydrase (CA) and RuBisCO, where CA is the more important one. The majority of sources of OCS to the atmosphere are geographically separated from this large plant sink, whereas the sources and sinks of CO2 are co-located in ecosystems. The drawdown of OCS can therefore be related to the uptake of CO2 without the added complication of co-located emissions comparable in magnitude. Here we review the state of our understanding of the global OCS cycle and its applications to ecosystem carbon cycle science. OCS uptake is correlated well to plant carbon uptake, especially at the regional scale. OCS can be used in conjunction with other independent measures of ecosystem function, like solar-induced fluorescence and carbon and water isotope studies. More work needs to be done to generate global coverage for OCS observations and to link this powerful atmospheric tracer to systems where fundamental questions concerning the carbon and water cycle remain.
