Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 9 5 2009 10.5194/acpd-9-20721-2009 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/20721/2009/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/20721/2009/acpd-9-20721-2009.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/20721/2009/acpd-9-20721-2009.pdf 20721 20738 2009-10-01 A numerical evaluation of global oceanic emissions of α-pinene and isoprene G. Luo ganluo@asrc.cestm.albany.edu F. Yu Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, 251 Fuller Road, Albany, New York 12203, USA A numerical evaluation of global oceanic emissions of α-pinene and isoprene based on both "bottom-up" and "top-down" methods is presented. As far as we know, this is the first quantification of global oceanic emission of α-pinene. We infer that the global "bottom-up" oceanic emissions of α-pinene and isoprene are 0.013 Tg C yr^−1 and 0.32 Tg C yr^−1, respectively. 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