What is DMS and why is it measured

The Global Surface Seawater DMS Database was started with the data set described in Kettle et al., (1999).  This database represents an attempt to put most of the global set of seawater DMS measurements on one server, where data can be selected from geographical regions and/or specific time periods.

DMS data are now accessable on the NOAA ERDDAP data server at:

https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel/erddap/tabledap/global_dms_database.html
Please note, to download the entire dataset, enter the date of 1972-03-11 in the "Optional Contraint #1" and select a "File Type"

Reference

Kettle, A. J., Andreae, M. O., Amouroux, D., Andreae, T. W., Bates, T. S., Berresheim, H., Bingemer, H., Boniforti, R., Curran, M. A. J., DiTullio, G. R., Helas, G. ; Jones, G. B., Keller, M. D., Kiene, R. P., Leck, C., Levasseur, M., Malin, G., Maspero, M., Matrai, P., McTaggart, A. R., Mihalopoulos, N., Nguyen, B. C., Novo, A., Putaud, J. P., Rapsomanikis, S., Roberts, G., Schebeske, G., Sharma, S., Simó, R., Staubes, R., Turner, S., Uher, G, A global database of sea surface dimethyl sulfide (DMS) measurements and a procedure to predict sea surface DMS as a function of latitude, longitude, and month, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 13(2), p. 399-444, 1999,  [PDF version note: this is a 100MByte file].