Over two decades ago, Eriksson calculated that 109 t(t=metric ion, or 103 kg) of atmospheric sea salt are produced by the oceans each year, but Blanchard argued that the rate was closer to 1010 t yr-1. It seems likely that Eriksson's value is too low because of errors introduced into the salt dry deposition calculations by using mean winds and neglecting the standard deviation, while Blanchard's value probably is too high because of wrong assumptions in calculating the salt wet deposition. Future work must make clear what altitude the salt is being cycled through.