A high-resolution 2ooo-year methane record has been constructed from an ice core recovered at 7200 m a.s.1, on the Dasuopu Glacier in the central Himalayas. This sub-tropical methane record reveals an increasing trend...A high-resolution 2ooo-year methane record has been constructed from an ice core recovered at 7200 m a.s.1, on the Dasuopu Glacier in the central Himalayas. This sub-tropical methane record reveals an increasing trend in the concentration of methane during the industrial era that is similar to observations from polar regions. However, we also observed the differences in the atmospheric methane mixing ratio between this monsoon record and those from polar regions during pre-industrial times. In the time interval o N 1850 A.D., the average methane concentration in the Dasuopu ice core was 782±40 ppbv and the maximum temporal variation exceeded 200 ppbv. The difference gradient of methane concentration in Dasuopu ice core with Greenland and Antarctica cores are 66±40 ppbv and 107±40 ppbv, respectively. This suggests that the tropical latitudes might have acted as a major global methane source in preindustrial times. In addition, the temporal fluctuation of the pre-industrial methane records suggests that monsoon evolution incorporated with high methane emission from south Asia might be responsible for the relatively high methane concentration observed in the Dasuopu ice core around A.D. 800 and A.D. 1600. These results provide a rough understanding of the contribution of tropical methane source to the global methane budget and also the relationship betweenatmospheric methane and climate change.展开更多
Peroxy radicals （ROx） concentrations were measured by Peroxy Radical Chemical Amplifier （PERCA） technique during the field campaign RISFEX 2003 （RiShifi Fall Experiment 2003）, which was performed in September 20...Peroxy radicals （ROx） concentrations were measured by Peroxy Radical Chemical Amplifier （PERCA） technique during the field campaign RISFEX 2003 （RiShifi Fall Experiment 2003）, which was performed in September 2003 at Rishiri island （45.07 N, 141.12 E, and 35 m asl） in the sea of Japan. The concentrations of nighttime ROx radicals had temporal variations around an average of 7.9±5.8 （1σ） pptv and showed a positive correlation with the summed mixing ratio of four monoterpene species. Model calculations suggested that local nighttime ROx radicals were dominated by the reactions of monoterpene with ozone （03） and nitrate radical （NO3）, contributing ca. 76% and 19%, respectively. The comparisons between the observed ROx and ones modeled had implied that the current model may be overestimated the yields of peroxy radicals from the reactions of monoterpenes with ozone and an important source of peroxy radicals was possibly missed. Abnormal high concentrations of observed ROx radicals were found during high relative humidity （RH） period （especially 〉 95%）, and the possible explanation was that the humidity correction of ROx radicals under high RH conditions may be inaccurate and overestimates ROx concen-展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40671044)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2005CB422004)
文摘A high-resolution 2ooo-year methane record has been constructed from an ice core recovered at 7200 m a.s.1, on the Dasuopu Glacier in the central Himalayas. This sub-tropical methane record reveals an increasing trend in the concentration of methane during the industrial era that is similar to observations from polar regions. However, we also observed the differences in the atmospheric methane mixing ratio between this monsoon record and those from polar regions during pre-industrial times. In the time interval o N 1850 A.D., the average methane concentration in the Dasuopu ice core was 782±40 ppbv and the maximum temporal variation exceeded 200 ppbv. The difference gradient of methane concentration in Dasuopu ice core with Greenland and Antarctica cores are 66±40 ppbv and 107±40 ppbv, respectively. This suggests that the tropical latitudes might have acted as a major global methane source in preindustrial times. In addition, the temporal fluctuation of the pre-industrial methane records suggests that monsoon evolution incorporated with high methane emission from south Asia might be responsible for the relatively high methane concentration observed in the Dasuopu ice core around A.D. 800 and A.D. 1600. These results provide a rough understanding of the contribution of tropical methane source to the global methane budget and also the relationship betweenatmospheric methane and climate change.
基金supported by the Special Funds in Marine Public Service Project of State Oceanic Administration (201005025)National High-Tech Research and Development Plan (863) of China (2007AA092101)the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Projects(2009DFB20610)
文摘Peroxy radicals （ROx） concentrations were measured by Peroxy Radical Chemical Amplifier （PERCA） technique during the field campaign RISFEX 2003 （RiShifi Fall Experiment 2003）, which was performed in September 2003 at Rishiri island （45.07 N, 141.12 E, and 35 m asl） in the sea of Japan. The concentrations of nighttime ROx radicals had temporal variations around an average of 7.9±5.8 （1σ） pptv and showed a positive correlation with the summed mixing ratio of four monoterpene species. Model calculations suggested that local nighttime ROx radicals were dominated by the reactions of monoterpene with ozone （03） and nitrate radical （NO3）, contributing ca. 76% and 19%, respectively. The comparisons between the observed ROx and ones modeled had implied that the current model may be overestimated the yields of peroxy radicals from the reactions of monoterpenes with ozone and an important source of peroxy radicals was possibly missed. Abnormal high concentrations of observed ROx radicals were found during high relative humidity （RH） period （especially 〉 95%）, and the possible explanation was that the humidity correction of ROx radicals under high RH conditions may be inaccurate and overestimates ROx concen-
