A23I-06
Ground and aircraft-based methane measurements in Siberia: source attribution using tracers and models
Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 14:55
3010 (Moscone West)
Emmanuel Arzoumanian1, Jean-Daniel Paris2, Arnaud Pruvost1, Shushi Peng3, Solène Turquety4, Antoine Berchet1, Isabelle Pison1, Julie Helle1, Mikhail Arshinov5 and Boris D Belan6, (1)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (2)IPSL/CNRS/CEA/UVSQ, Gif Sur Yvette, France, (3)Peking University, Beijing, China, (4)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, Palaiseau, France, (5)Russian Academy of Sciences, V. E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia, (6)V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
Abstract:
Methane (CH
4) is the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. It is also naturally emitted by a number of processes, including microbial activity in wetlands, permafrost degradation and wildfires. Our current understanding of the extent and amplitude of its natural sources, as well as the large scale driving factors, remain highly uncertain (Kirschke et al., Nature Geosci., 2013). Furthermore, high latitude regions are large natural sources of CH
4 in the atmosphere. Observing boreal/Arctic CH
4 variability and understanding its main driving processes using atmospheric measurements and transport model is the task of this work.
YAK-AEROSIB atmospheric airborne campaigns (flights in the tropospheric layer up to 9 km connecting the two cities of Novosibirsk and Yakutsk) and continuous measurements at Fonovaya Observatory (60 km west of Tomsk - 56° 25'07"N, 84° 04'27"E) have been performed in order to provide observational data on the composition of Siberian air. The study is focused on 2012, during which a strong heat wave impacted Siberia, leading to the highest mean daily temperature values on record since the beginning of the 20th century. This abnormal drought has led to numerous large forest fires. A chemistry-transport model (CHIMERE), combined with datasets for anthropogenic (EDGAR) emissions and models for wetlands (ORCHIDEE) and wildfires (APIFLAME), is used to determine contributions of CH4 sources in the region. Recent results concerning CH4 fluxes and its atmospheric variability in the Siberian territory derived from a modeled-based analysis will be shown and discussed. This work was funded by CNRS (France), the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CEA (France), Presidium of RAS (Program No. 4), Brunch of Geology, Geophysics and Mining Sciences of RAS (Program No. 5), Interdisciplinary integration projects of Siberian Branch of RAS (No. 35, No. 70, No. 131), Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants No 14-05-00526, 14-05-00590).
Kirschke, S. et al. : Three decades of global methane sources and sinks. Nature Geosci., 6, 813-823
