Journal
ATMOSPHERE
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos10060330
Keywords
atmospheric CO2 mixing ratio; isotopic CO2; emission ratio; air pollutant transport; Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS); Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW); HYSPLIT model
Funding
- Virtual Alpine Observatory project of the Bavarian State Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection
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Within the CO2 time series measured at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS), Germany, as part of the Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) program, pollution episodes are traced back to local and regional emissions, identified by delta C-13(CO2) as well as ratios of CO and CH4 to CO2 mixing ratios. Seven episodes of sudden enhancements in the tropospheric CO2 mixing ratio are identified in the measurements of mixing/isotopic ratios during five winter months from October 2012 to February 2013. The short-term CO2 variations are closely correlated with changes in CO and CH4 mixing ratios, achieving mean values of 6.0 +/- 0.2 ppb/ppm for CO/CO2 and 6.0 +/- 0.1 ppb/ppm for CH4/CO2. The estimated isotopic signature of CO2 sources (delta(s)) ranges between -35 parts per thousand and -24 parts per thousand, with higher values indicating contributions from coal combustion or wood burning, and lower values being the result of natural gas or gasoline. Moving Keeling plots with site-specific data selection criteria are applied to detect these pollution events. Furthermore, the HYSPLIT trajectory model is utilized to identify the trajectories during periods with CO2 peak events. Short trajectories are found covering Western and Central Europe, while clean air masses flow from the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.
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