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DOI | 10.5194/acp-21-5615-2021 |
Drought-induced biomass burning as a source of black carbon to the central Himalaya since 1781 CE as reconstructed from the Dasuopu ice core | |
Barker J.D.; Kaspari S.; Gabrielli P.; Wegner A.; Beaudon E.; Roxana Sierra-Hernández M.; Thompson L. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
起始页码 | 5615 |
结束页码 | 5633 |
卷号 | 21期号:7 |
英文摘要 | Himalayan glaciers are melting due to atmospheric warming, with the potential to limit access to water for more than 25% of the global population that resides in these glacier meltwater catchments. Black carbon has been implicated as a factor that is contributing to Himalayan glacier melt, but its sources and mechanisms of delivery to the Himalayas remain controversial. Here, we provide a 211- year ice core record spanning 1781-1992 CE for refractory black carbon (rBC) deposition from the Dasuopu glacier ice core that has to date provided the highest-elevation ice core record (7200 m). We report an average rBC concentration of 1.5 μgL-1(SD = 5.0, n = 1628) over the 211-year period. An increase in the frequency and magnitude of rBC deposition occurs after 1877 CE, accompanied by decreased snow accumulation associated with a shift in the North Atlantic Oscillation Index to a positive phase. Typically, rBC is deposited onto Dasuopu glacier during the non-monsoon season, and short-lived increases in rBC concentration are associated with periods of drought within neighboring regions in northwestern India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Using a combination of spectral and back-trajectory analyses, as well as a comparison with a concurrent analysis of trace metals at equivalent depths in the same ice core, we show that biomass burning resulting from dry conditions is a source of rBC to the central Himalaya and is responsible for deposition that is up to 60 times higher than the average rBC concentration over the time period analyzed.We suggest that biomass burning is a significant source of rBC to the central Himalaya and that the rBC record can be used to identify periods of drought in nearby regions that are upwind of Dasuopu glacier. © 2021 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved. |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | biomass burning; black carbon; drought; glacier; ice core; meltwater; reconstruction; China; Dasuopu Glacier; Himalayas; Xizang |
来源期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/246979 |
作者单位 | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States; School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States; Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Barker J.D.,Kaspari S.,Gabrielli P.,et al. Drought-induced biomass burning as a source of black carbon to the central Himalaya since 1781 CE as reconstructed from the Dasuopu ice core[J],2021,21(7). |
APA | Barker J.D..,Kaspari S..,Gabrielli P..,Wegner A..,Beaudon E..,...&Thompson L..(2021).Drought-induced biomass burning as a source of black carbon to the central Himalaya since 1781 CE as reconstructed from the Dasuopu ice core.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,21(7). |
MLA | Barker J.D.,et al."Drought-induced biomass burning as a source of black carbon to the central Himalaya since 1781 CE as reconstructed from the Dasuopu ice core".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 21.7(2021). |
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