Radiocarbon (14C) Diurnal Variations in Fine Particles at Sites Downwind from Tokyo, Japan in Summer

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• 作者：Akihiro Fushimi ; Rota Wagai ; Masao Uchida ; Shuichi Hasegawa ; Katsuyuki Takahashi ; Miyuki Kondo ; Motohiro Hirabayashi ; Yu Morino ; Yasuyuki Shibata ; Toshimasa Ohara ; Shinji Kobayashi ; Kiyoshi Tanabe
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：August 15, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：45
• 期：16
• 页码：6784-6792
• 全文大小：1015K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.16(August 15, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5851

文摘

The radiocarbon (¹⁴C) of total carbon (TC) in atmospheric fine particles was measured at 6 h or 12 h intervals at two sites, 50 and 100 km downwind from Tokyo, Japan (Kisai and Maebashi) in summer 2007. The percent modern carbon (pMC) showed clear diurnal variations with minimums in the daytime. The mean pMC values at Maebashi were 28 卤 7 in the daytime and 45 卤 16 at night (37 卤 15 for the overall period). Those at Kisai were 26 卤 9 in the daytime and 44 卤 8 at night (37 卤 12 for the overall period). This data indicates that fossil sources were major contributors to the daytime TC, while fossil and modern sources had comparable contributions to nighttime TC in the suburban areas. At both sites, the concentration of fossil carbon as well as O₃ and the estimated secondary organic carbon increased in the daytime. These results suggest that fossil sources around Tokyo contributed significantly to the high daytime concentration of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) at the two suburban sites. A comparison of pMC and the ratio of elemental carbon/TC from our particulate samples with those from three end-member sources corroborates the dominant role of fossil SOA in the daytime.