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Factors controlling atmospheric fluxes of 7 Be and 210 Pb in northern Taiwan
Author(s) -
Su ChihChieh,
Huh ChihAn,
Lin FeiJen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018221
Subject(s) - typhoon , climatology , environmental science , precipitation , east asian monsoon , atmospheric sciences , monsoon , storm , nuclide , oceanography , geology , meteorology , geography , physics , quantum mechanics
Fluxes of 7 Be and 210 Pb were continuously monitored at two sites in northern Taiwan during 1996–2001. The time series of both nuclides show seasonality and dependence on precipitation, annual monsoon cycle and episodic events (typhoons and Asian dust storms). Besides, anomalously high 7 Be and 210 Pb fluxes occurred in 1998, which are most likely caused by enhanced atmospheric convection in the north Pacific resulting from significantly increased SST in the western Pacific warm pool.