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Ice core profiles of saturated fatty acids (C-12:0-C-30:0) and oleic acid (C-18:1) from southern Alaska since 1734 AD: A link to climate change in the Northern Hemisphere
| Title: | Ice core profiles of saturated fatty acids (C-12:0-C-30:0) and oleic acid (C-18:1) from southern Alaska since 1734 AD: A link to climate change in the Northern Hemisphere |
| Authors: | Pokhrel, Ambarish Browse this author | | Kawamura, Kimitaka Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Seki, Osamu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Matoba, Sumito Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Shiraiwa, Takayuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Fatty acids | | Alaskan ice core | | Marine-derived organic matter | | Atmospheric circulation | | Atmospheric transport | | Climate change |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2015 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Atmospheric environment |
| Volume: | 100 |
| Start Page: | 202 |
| End Page: | 209 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.007 |
| Abstract: | An ice core drilled at Aurora Peak in southeast Alaska was analyzed for homologous series of straight chain fatty acids (C-12:0-C-30:0) including unsaturated fatty acid (oleic acid) using gas chromatography (GC/FID) and GC/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Molecular distributions of fatty acids are characterized by even carbon number predominance with a peak at palmitic acid (C-16:0, av. 20.3 +/- SD. 29.8 ng/g-ice) followed by oleic acid (C-18:1, 19.6 +/- 38.6 ng/g-ice) and myristic acid (C-14:0, 15.3 +/- 21.9 ng/g-ice). The historical trends of short-chain fatty acids, together with correlation analysis with inorganic ions and organic tracers suggest that short-chain fatty acids (except for C-12:0 and C-15:0) were mainly derived from sea surface micro layers through bubble bursting mechanism and transported over the glacier through the atmosphere. This atmospheric transport process is suggested to be linked with Kamchatka ice core SD record from Northeast Asia and Greenland Temperature Anomaly (GTA). In contrast, long-chain fatty acids (C-20.0-C-30:0) are originated from terrestrial higher plants, soil organic matter and dusts, which are also linked with GTA. Hence, this study suggests that Alaskan fatty acids are strongly influenced by Pacific Decadal Oscillation/North Pacific Gyre Oscillation and/or extra tropical North Pacific surface climate and Arctic oscillation. We also found that decadal scale variability of C-18:1/C-18:0 ratios in the Aurora Peak ice core correlate with the Kamchatka ice core SD, which reflects climate oscillations in the North Pacific. This study suggests that photochemical aging of organic aerosols could be controlled by climate periodicity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/57981 |
| Appears in Collections: | 低温科学研究所 (Institute of Low Temperature Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 河村 公隆
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