Abstract. Automated in situ gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) measurements of a range of predominantly biogenic alkyl halides in air, including CHBr3, CHBr2C1, CH3Br, C2HsBr, CH3I, C2HsI, CH2IC1, CH212, and the hitherto unreported CH2IBr were made at Mace Head during a 3-week period in May 1997. C3H7I and CH3CHICH3 were monitored but not detected. Positive correlations were observed between the polyhalomethane pairs CHBr3/C•r2C1 and CHBr3/CH2IBr and between the monohalomethane pair CH3I/C2HsI, which are interpreted in terms of common or linked marine sources. During periods when air masses were affected by emissions from local seaweed beds, the concentrations of CHBr3, CH2IC1, and CH2IBr not only showed remarkable correlation but also maximized at low water. These are the first field observations to provide evidence for a link between the tidal cycle, polyhalomethanes in air, and potential marine production. The calculated total flux of iodine atoms into the boundary layer at Mace Head from organic gaseous precursors was dominated by photolytic destruction of CH212. Photolysis of CH3I contributed less than 3%. The calculated peak flux of iodine atoms during the campaign coincided with the highest measured levels of iodine oxide radicals, as determined using Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometry (DOAS).

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Abstract. In this paper we show evidence that isoprene emission from the oceans is strongly seasonally dependent and is correlated with the chlorophyll content of the water from measurements in the North Sea and Southern Ocean. We estimate the seasonally averaged flux of isoprene to the atmosphere to be 1.7 x 107 molecules cm '2 s '•, which may be significant for atmospheric chemistry in locations remote from land as it is the only known source of atmospheric isoprene in these regions. We observe a strong seasonal cycle of several other NMHCs in seawater at high latitudes, with a maximum in summer. This will distort current estimates of the annual marine flux of NMHCs to the atmosphere which may need to be reduced by up to an order of magnitude to account for lower emissions in winter.