Carbon Monoxide Concentration and Isotope Measurements in New Zealand. Rowena Moss, Gordon Brailsford, Martin Manning and Hinrich Schaefer. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
Raoul Island Baring Head: 41.41°S, 174.87°W Rainbow Mountain Baring Head Lauder Arrival Heights
GC-CVAFS GC CVAFS Detector Rotometer Heated Main column HgO Bed Pre-column 5 4 6 3 7 2 8 1 Vent 9 10 Purge 1mL sample loop O vent 2 Out In Argon carrier
• Seasonal maximum in September (austral spring) • Seasonal minimum in February (austral summer) • Seasonal Amplitude decrease from 40ppb to 30ppb
CO 2 CO
35 CO sources- isotope signatures d18O Technological 25 Savanna burning ch4 oxidation 15 Forest burning 5 d13C -55 -45 -35 -25 -15 -5 5 15 -5 Terpene Ocean -15 NMHC Isoprene -25 -35
• Seasonal maximum in March Seasonal minimum • in late November • Seasonal Amplitude decrease from 6‰ to 4.5 ‰
• Seasonal maximum in March Seasonal minimum • in September • Seasonal Amplitude decrease from 8‰ to 5 ‰
• Seasonal maximum in September Seasonal minimum • in March
Summary • Observed decrease in CO concentrations in the Southern Hemisphere • Changes in sources such as savanna and forest burning and CH 4 oxidation can be observed in δ 13 CO • 14CO can be used to infer variations in OH
NIWA TROPAC team Mike Harvey Zoë Buxton Gordon Brailsford Sara Mikaloff- Fletcher Peter Sperlich Andrew Marriner Rowena Moss Ross Martin Sylvia Nichol Kay Steinkamp John McGreggor Hinrich Schaeffer Tony Bromley
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