https://airsealab.com/tags/spume/SpumeHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://airsealab.com/media/icon_huc2955e10144a4b74efe6a17f468b9836_34535_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pnghttps://airsealab.com/tags/spume/https://airsealab.com/project/spray_co2/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://airsealab.com/project/spray_co2/<h3 id="project-overview">Project Overview</h3> <p>This project seeks to improve process-based representations of sea spray mediated air-sea carbon dioxide (CO₂) exchange by combining advances in wave-breaking physics, sea spray generation, and carbonate chemistry.</p> <p>The project has three primary objectives:</p> <p><strong>O1)</strong> Extend the Andreas Gas Exchange Spray (AGES) model, originally developed through NSF project #1630846 for non-reactive gases, to include the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO₂) through sea spray.</p> <p><strong>O2)</strong> Build on results from NSF projects <a href="https://airsealab.com/project/wci_co2/">#1924686</a> and <a href="project/wci_co2/">#2121646</a> to incorporate a physics-based sea spray generation model into ongoing surface wave-breaking model developments.</p> <p><strong>O3)</strong> Incorporate the full carbonate chemistry system associated with CO₂ exchange, including carbonate and bicarbonate species, alkalinity, and pH evolution throughout the lifetime of sea spray droplets.</p> <p><strong>Funding</strong>: NSF OCE-2218781 (PI: Penny Vlahos, co-PI: Leonel Romero)</p> <p><strong>Period:</strong> 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2027</p> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Hendrickson L., Romero L., and Vlahos P. (2026). <a href="https://airsealab.com/publication/hendrickson-2026/">Sea spray driven CO2 efflux: modeling the effect of sea spray evaporation on carbonate chemistry and air-sea gas exchange</a>. <em>npj Climate and Atmospheric Science</em>, 9, 31. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01304-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOI</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Hendrickson L., Vlahos P., and Romero L. (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Timescales for the Spray Mediated Gas Exchange of Carbon Dioxide</a>. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering</em>, 12, 1128. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOI</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="software">Software</h2> <ul> <li>lvhend. (2025). lvhend/spray-co2-flux-2025: spray-CO2-flux. <em>Zenodo</em>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17064961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOI</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="conference-presentations">Conference Presentations</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Romero L., Hendrickson L., and Vlahos P. (2025, May). Spray Mediated CO₂ Gas Exchange (talk). WISE Meeting, Seattle, WA</p> </li> <li> <p>Hendrickson L., Vlahos P., and Romero L. (2024, December). Carbonate System Changes Within an Evaporating Sea Spray Droplet (talk). EGU General Assembly, Vienna</p> </li> <li> <p>Hendrickson L., Vlahos P., and Romero L. (2024, April). Quantifying Net CO2 Evasion from Sea Spray in a Simple Carbonate System (poster). AGU, Washington, DC</p> </li> <li> <p>Hendrickson L., Vlahos P., and Romero L. (2024, February). Modeling CO2 emission from an evaporating sea spray droplet using CO2SYS (poster). Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA</p> </li> </ul>