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Measuring Carbon-based Contaminant Mineralization Using Combined CO2 Flux and Radiocarbon Analyses
Published on: October 21, 2016
Oxygen anomaly in near surface carbon dioxide reveals deep stratospheric intrusion
Mao-Chang Liang1, Sasadhar Mahata2
11] Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan [2] Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan [3] Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA [4] Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Stratosphere-troposphere exchange could be enhanced by tropopause folding, linked to variability in the subtropical jet stream. Relevant to tropospheric biogeochemistry is irreversible transport from the stratosphere, associated with deep intrusions. Here, oxygen anomalies in near surface air CO2 are used to study the irreversible transport from the stratosphere, where the triple oxygen isotopes of CO2 are distinct from those originating from the Earth's surface. We show that the oxygen anomaly in CO2 is observable at sea level and the magnitude of the signal increases during the course of our sampling period (September 2013-February 2014), concordant with the strengthening of the subtropical jet system and the East Asia winter monsoon. The trend of the anomaly is found to be 0.1‰/month (R(2) = 0.6) during the jet development period in October. Implications for utilizing the oxygen anomaly in CO2 for CO2 biogeochemical cycle study and stratospheric intrusion flux at the surface are discussed.
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