Measurements of concentration,13C/12C and18O/16O ratios of tropospheric carbon dioxide over Switzerland
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- 4 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
- Vol. 39B (1-2) , 80-88
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.1987.tb00272.x
Abstract
In 1982, we collected air sample profiles approximately monthly from aircraft at altitudes up to about 7 km and analyzed them for CO2 concentration and stable isotope composition. The following seasonally detrended mean values were obtained per 1 January, 1982: 338 ppm, δ13C=-7.72‰, δ18O = -0.6‰ (versus PDB); isotopic results are corrected for N20 contribution. CO2 results are discussed in terms of vertical eddy diffusion and of a mean annual vertical flux. Assuming a two-component mixture between background air and biospheric CO2, δ13C of the biospheric component is -26.2‰, in good agreement with other northern hemisphere results. δ18O varies seasonally, but with relatively much scatter. The oxygen isotopic composition of CO2 is determined by exchange with vegetation, soils and ocean; these processes are discussed in detail. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.1987.tb00272.xKeywords
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