Articles | Volume 12, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6369-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6369-2015
Research article
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09 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2015

Halocarbon emissions and sources in the equatorial Atlantic Cold Tongue

H. Hepach, B. Quack, S. Raimund, T. Fischer, E. L. Atlas, and A. Bracher

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This manuscript covers the first measurements of CHBr3, CH2Br2 and CH3I from the equatorial Atlantic during the Cold Tongue season, identifying this region and season as a source for these compounds. For the first time, we calculated diapycnal fluxes, and showed that the fluxes from below the mixed layer to the surface are not sufficient to balance the mixed layer budget. Hence, we conclude that mixed layer production has to take place despite a pronounced sub-mixed-layer-maximum.
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