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dc.contributor.authorPlatt, Stephen Matthew
dc.contributor.authorEckhardt, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorFerré, Benedicte
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Rebecca E.
dc.contributor.authorHermansen, Ove
dc.contributor.authorJansson, Pär
dc.contributor.authorLowry, David
dc.contributor.authorNisbet, Euan G.
dc.contributor.authorPisso, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorSchmidbauer, Norbert
dc.contributor.authorSilyakova, Anna
dc.contributor.authorStohl, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorSvendby, Tove Marit
dc.contributor.authorVadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil
dc.contributor.authorMienert, Jurgen
dc.contributor.authorMyhre, Cathrine Lund
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T13:18:14Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T13:18:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-05
dc.description.abstractMethane (CH<sub>4</sub>) is a powerful greenhouse gas. Its atmospheric mixing ratios have been increasing since 2005. Therefore, quantification of CH<sub>4</sub> sources is essential for effective climate change mitigation. Here we report observations of the CH<sub>4</sub> mixing ratios measured at the Zeppelin Observatory (Svalbard) in the Arctic and aboard the research vessel (RV) Helmer Hanssen over the Arctic Ocean from June 2014 to December 2016, as well as the long-term CH<sub>4</sub> trend measured at the Zeppelin Observatory from 2001 to 2017. We investigated areas over the European Arctic Ocean to identify possible hotspot regions emitting CH<sub>4</sub> from the ocean to the atmosphere, and used state-of-the-art modelling (FLEXPART) combined with updated emission inventories to identify CH<sub>4</sub> sources. Furthermore, we collected air samples in the region as well as samples of gas hydrates, obtained from the sea floor, which we analysed using a new technique whereby hydrate gases are sampled directly into evacuated canisters. Using this new methodology, we evaluated the suitability of ethane and isotopic signatures (δ<sup>13</sup>C in CH<sub>4</sub>) as tracers for ocean-to-atmosphere CH<sub>4</sub> emission. We found that the average methane / light hydrocarbon (ethane and propane) ratio is an order of magnitude higher for the same sediment samples using our new methodology compared to previously reported values, 2379.95 vs. 460.06, respectively. Meanwhile, we show that the mean atmospheric CH<sub>4</sub> mixing ratio in the Arctic increased by 5.9±0.38 parts per billion by volume (ppb) per year (yr<sup>−1</sup>) from 2001 to 2017 and ∼8 pbb yr<sup>−1</sup> since 2008, similar to the global trend of ∼ 7–8 ppb yr<sup>−1</sup>. Most large excursions from the baseline CH<sub>4</sub> mixing ratio over the European Arctic Ocean are due to long-range transport from land-based sources, lending confidence to the present inventories for high-latitude CH<sub>4</sub> emissions. However, we also identify a potential hotspot region with ocean–atmosphere CH<sub>4</sub> flux north of Svalbard (80.4∘ N, 12.8∘ E) of up to 26 nmol m<sup>−2</sup>s<sup>−1</sup> from a large mixing ratio increase at the location of 30 ppb. Since this flux is consistent with previous constraints (both spatially and temporally), there is no evidence that the area of interest north of Svalbard is unique in the context of the wider Arctic. Rather, because the meteorology at the time of the observation was unique in the context of the measurement time series, we obtained over the short course of the episode measurements highly sensitive to emissions over an active seep site, without sensitivity to land-based emissions.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17207-2018> https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17207-2018</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPlatt, S.M., Eckhardt, S., Ferré, B., Fisher, R.E., Hermansen, O., Jansson, P., ... Myhre, C.L. (2018). Methane at Svalbard and over the European Arctic Ocean. <i>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics</i>, 18, 17207-17224. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17207-2018en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1639722
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/acp-18-17207-2018
dc.identifier.issn1680-7316
dc.identifier.issn1680-7324
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14301
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEuropean Geosciences Union (EGU)en_US
dc.relation.journalAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/225814/Norway/Methane Emissions from the Arctic OCean to the Atmosphere: Present and Future Climate Effects//en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/SFF/223259/Norway/Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate/CAGE/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Chemistry: 440en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Kjemi: 440en_US
dc.titleMethane at Svalbard and over the European Arctic Oceanen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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