A 20-year (1998-2017) global sea surface dimethyl sulfide gridded dataset with daily resolution

This dataset contains (1) the matched and binned data used for constructing an artificial neural network (ANN) ensemble model to simulate the sea surface concentration of dimethyl sulfide (DMS); (2) the simulated global daily sea surface concentrations of DMS ranging from 1998 to 2017 by ANN model and the calculated total transfer velocities (Kt) and sea-to-air fluxes. The input variables of this ANN ensemble model include chlorophyll a, sea surface temperature (SST), mixed layer depth (MLD), nitrate, phosphate, silicate, dissolved oxygen (DO), downward short-wave radiation (DSWF), and sea surface salinity (SSS). The spatial resolution of the simulated dataset is 1°×1°. The units of DMS concentration, Kt, and flux are nmol L–1, m d–1, and μmol S m–2 d–1, respectively.

Update Note

In the previous version, the sea ice cover data (from the OISST dataset) used to calculate Kt and DMS flux contained certain time periods with completely missing values, which were incorrectly replaced with zeros. This led to a significant overestimation of Kt and DMS flux in polar regions where sea ice coverage exists. The missing data periods include: November 27–28, 2011; January 7–9, 2016; April 18 to June 30, 2016; and January 7 to February 28, 2017. This issue has been addressed in the current version using the updated sea ice data. For other years, the data files remain unchanged from the previous version.