A twenty-year deposition record of elemental carbon in Northern Japan retrieved from archived filters.

ABSTRACT: The black carbon or elemental carbon (EC) content in ice and snow has been a concern in climate change studies, but time-series records have mostly been obtained from glacier ice-core samples in limited geographical locations, such as the Arctic or high mountains. This is the first study to present decade-long records of EC deposition measured at urban (Sapporo) and background (Rishiri Island) sites in Japan, in the mid-latitude zone of the eastern edge of the Asian continent. By using archived membrane filters from an acid rain study, we retrieved monthly EC deposition records of 1993-2012 in Sapporo and intermittent deposition data in Rishiri. Annual EC deposition showed large fluctuations, with a maximum in 2000-2001 and a minor increase in 2010-2011. This interannual change was moderat

SUBMITTER: Kaneyasu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7080725 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature