We use a global, coupled, ocean‐atmosphere box model to examine the potential effect that biological degradation and its distribution can have on the lifetime of atmospheric CH
3
Br. The results of ...this study show that both the value of the oceanic degradation rate constant and its geographic distribution are important in determining the calculated atmospheric lifetime. The best estimate of the partial lifetime of atmospheric CH
3
Br with respect to oceanic loss now comes to 1.8–1.9 y with a full possible range of 1.1–3.9 y, which, together with other, non‐oceanic losses, yields a total atmospheric lifetime of 0.7 y (0.6–0.9 y). A subsequent revision of the budget for atmospheric CH
3
Br indicates that estimated sinks of CH
3
Br today exceed estimated sources by about 70 Gg y
−1
.
In the paper ``Implications of methyl bromide supersaturations in the temperate North Atlantic Ocean'' by Daniel B. King, James H. Butler, Stephen A. Montzka, Shari A. Yvon-Lewis, and James W. Elkins ...(J. Geophys. Res., 105(D15), 19,763-19,769, 2000), an incorrect version of Table 2 was published. The correct version appears below.
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