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We find that argon/nitrogen ratios of trapped air in the GISP2 ice core on “gas ages” are significantly negatively correlated with accumulation rate changes over the past 6000 years. Lines of evidence indicate that changes in overloading pressure at bubble closeoff depths induced the gas fractionation in closed bubbles. Further understanding of the fractionation processes may lead to a new proxy for the past temperature and accumulation rate.
We find that argon/nitrogen ratios of trapped air in the GISP2 ice core on “gas ages” are...
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 24
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13895–13914, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13895-2015
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13895–13914, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13895-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article 16 Dec 2015
Research article | 16 Dec 2015
Post-bubble close-off fractionation of gases in polar firn and ice cores: effects of accumulation rate on permeation through overloading pressure
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Subject: Gases | Research Activity: Laboratory Studies | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
Molecular understanding of new-particle formation from α-pinene between −50 and +25 °C
The influence of transformed Reynolds number suppression on gas transfer parameterizations and global DMS and CO2 fluxes
Gas chromatography using ice-coated fused silica columns: study of adsorption of sulfur dioxide on water ice
Estimation of volatile organic compound emissions for Europe using data assimilation
Wind tunnel experiments on the retention of trace gases during riming: nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen peroxide
European source and sink areas of CO2 retrieved from Lagrangian transport model interpretation of combined O2 and CO2 measurements at the high alpine research station Jungfraujoch
Homogenous nucleation of sulfuric acid and water at close to atmospherically relevant conditions
A laboratory based experimental study of mercury emission from contaminated soils in the River Idrijca catchment
Mario Simon, Lubna Dada, Martin Heinritzi, Wiebke Scholz, Dominik Stolzenburg, Lukas Fischer, Andrea C. Wagner, Andreas Kürten, Birte Rörup, Xu-Cheng He, João Almeida, Rima Baalbaki, Andrea Baccarini, Paulus S. Bauer, Lisa Beck, Anton Bergen, Federico Bianchi, Steffen Bräkling, Sophia Brilke, Lucia Caudillo, Dexian Chen, Biwu Chu, António Dias, Danielle C. Draper, Jonathan Duplissy, Imad El-Haddad, Henning Finkenzeller, Carla Frege, Loic Gonzalez-Carracedo, Hamish Gordon, Manuel Granzin, Jani Hakala, Victoria Hofbauer, Christopher R. Hoyle, Changhyuk Kim, Weimeng Kong, Houssni Lamkaddam, Chuan P. Lee, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Markus Leiminger, Huajun Mai, Hanna E. Manninen, Guillaume Marie, Ruby Marten, Bernhard Mentler, Ugo Molteni, Leonid Nichman, Wei Nie, Andrea Ojdanic, Antti Onnela, Eva Partoll, Tuukka Petäjä, Joschka Pfeifer, Maxim Philippov, Lauriane L. J. Quéléver, Ananth Ranjithkumar, Matti P. Rissanen, Simon Schallhart, Siegfried Schobesberger, Simone Schuchmann, Jiali Shen, Mikko Sipilä, Gerhard Steiner, Yuri Stozhkov, Christian Tauber, Yee J. Tham, António R. Tomé, Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau, Alexander L. Vogel, Robert Wagner, Mingyi Wang, Dongyu S. Wang, Yonghong Wang, Stefan K. Weber, Yusheng Wu, Mao Xiao, Chao Yan, Penglin Ye, Qing Ye, Marcel Zauner-Wieczorek, Xueqin Zhou, Urs Baltensperger, Josef Dommen, Richard C. Flagan, Armin Hansel, Markku Kulmala, Rainer Volkamer, Paul M. Winkler, Douglas R. Worsnop, Neil M. Donahue, Jasper Kirkby, and Joachim Curtius
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 9183–9207, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9183-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9183-2020, 2020
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Highly oxygenated organic compounds (HOMs) have been identified as key vapors involved in atmospheric new-particle formation (NPF). The molecular distribution, HOM yield, and NPF from α-pinene oxidation experiments were measured at the CLOUD chamber over a wide tropospheric-temperature range. This study shows on a molecular scale that despite the sharp reduction in HOM yield at lower temperatures, the reduced volatility counteracts this effect and leads to an overall increase in the NPF rate.
Alexander Zavarsky and Christa A. Marandino
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 1819–1834, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1819-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1819-2019, 2019
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Wind–wave interaction can suppress gas transfer between the atmosphere and the ocean. Using a global wave model we investigate the impact of this interaction on the global gas transfer of CO2 and DMS. We also investigate the impact on of gas transfer limitation on two commonly used gas transfer velocity parameterizations.
Stefan Langenberg and Ulrich Schurath
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 7527–7537, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7527-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7527-2018, 2018
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The processes of the interaction of sulfur dioxide with water ice are still not fully understood. We demonstrate how the well established technique of gas chromatography can be used to investigate interactions of sulfur dioxide with a crystalline ice film deposited in a fused silica wide bore column. Our experiments reveal that the interaction is a combination of three processes: (i) physisorption, (ii) dissociative reaction with water and (iii) slow uptake into bulk ice.
M. R. Koohkan, M. Bocquet, Y. Roustan, Y. Kim, and C. Seigneur
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 5887–5905, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5887-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5887-2013, 2013
N. von Blohn, K. Diehl, S. K. Mitra, and S. Borrmann
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 11569–11579, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-11569-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-11569-2011, 2011
C. Uglietti, M. Leuenberger, and D. Brunner
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 8017–8036, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-8017-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-8017-2011, 2011
D. Brus, K. Neitola, A.-P. Hyvärinen, T. Petäjä, J. Vanhanen, M. Sipilä, P. Paasonen, M. Kulmala, and H. Lihavainen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 5277–5287, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5277-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5277-2011, 2011
D. Kocman and M. Horvat
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 1417–1426, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-1417-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-1417-2010, 2010
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We find that argon/nitrogen ratios of trapped air in the GISP2 ice core on “gas ages” are significantly negatively correlated with accumulation rate changes over the past 6000 years. Lines of evidence indicate that changes in overloading pressure at bubble closeoff depths induced the gas fractionation in closed bubbles. Further understanding of the fractionation processes may lead to a new proxy for the past temperature and accumulation rate.
We find that argon/nitrogen ratios of trapped air in the GISP2 ice core on “gas ages” are...
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