Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores
Individual high-Alpine ice cores have been proven to contain a well-preserved history of past anthropogenic air pollution in western Europe. The question of how representative one ice core is with respect to the reconstruction of atmospheric composition in the source region has not been addressed so...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:tc107329 2023-06-11T04:12:41+02:00 Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores Eichler, Anja Legrand, Michel Jenk, Theo M. Preunkert, Susanne Andersson, Camilla Eckhardt, Sabine Engardt, Magnuz Plach, Andreas Schwikowski, Margit 2023-05-25 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2119-2023 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2119/2023/ eng eng doi:10.5194/tc-17-2119-2023 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2119/2023/ eISSN: 1994-0424 Text 2023 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2119-2023 2023-05-29T16:23:50Z Individual high-Alpine ice cores have been proven to contain a well-preserved history of past anthropogenic air pollution in western Europe. The question of how representative one ice core is with respect to the reconstruction of atmospheric composition in the source region has not been addressed so far. Here, we present the first study systematically comparing longer-term ice-core records (1750–2015 CE) of various anthropogenic compounds, such as major inorganic aerosol constituents ( NH 4 + <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24pt" height="15pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="8aeb386a576ed6c8280ae774099f80e4"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00001.svg" width="24pt" height="15pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> , NO 3 - <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="25pt" height="16pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="4c315b3ea451cf26923ad12993612b33"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00002.svg" width="25pt" height="16pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00002.png"/></svg:svg> , SO 4 2 - <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="29pt" height="17pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="6060a0eb6022af681aa55d19b3180df9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00003.svg" width="29pt" height="17pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00003.png"/></svg:svg> ), black carbon (BC), and trace species ( Cd , F − , Pb ). Depending on the data availability for the different air pollutants, up to five ice cores from four high-Alpine sites located in the European Alps analysed by different laboratories were considered. Whereas absolute concentration levels can partly differ depending on the prevailing seasonal distribution of accumulated precipitation, all seven investigated anthropogenic compounds are in excellent agreement between the various sites for their ... Text ice core Copernicus Publications: E-Journals The Cryosphere 17 5 2119 2137 |
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Individual high-Alpine ice cores have been proven to contain a well-preserved history of past anthropogenic air pollution in western Europe. The question of how representative one ice core is with respect to the reconstruction of atmospheric composition in the source region has not been addressed so far. Here, we present the first study systematically comparing longer-term ice-core records (1750–2015 CE) of various anthropogenic compounds, such as major inorganic aerosol constituents ( NH 4 + <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24pt" height="15pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="8aeb386a576ed6c8280ae774099f80e4"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00001.svg" width="24pt" height="15pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> , NO 3 - <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="25pt" height="16pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="4c315b3ea451cf26923ad12993612b33"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00002.svg" width="25pt" height="16pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00002.png"/></svg:svg> , SO 4 2 - <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="29pt" height="17pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="6060a0eb6022af681aa55d19b3180df9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00003.svg" width="29pt" height="17pt" src="tc-17-2119-2023-ie00003.png"/></svg:svg> ), black carbon (BC), and trace species ( Cd , F − , Pb ). Depending on the data availability for the different air pollutants, up to five ice cores from four high-Alpine sites located in the European Alps analysed by different laboratories were considered. Whereas absolute concentration levels can partly differ depending on the prevailing seasonal distribution of accumulated precipitation, all seven investigated anthropogenic compounds are in excellent agreement between the various sites for their ... |
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Eichler, Anja Legrand, Michel Jenk, Theo M. Preunkert, Susanne Andersson, Camilla Eckhardt, Sabine Engardt, Magnuz Plach, Andreas Schwikowski, Margit Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores |
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Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores |
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Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores |
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