Open AccessSimultaneous measurements of CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O in air extracted by sublimation from Antarctica ice cores: Confirmation of the data obtained using other extraction techniques
Author(s) -
Güllük T.,
Slemr F.,
Stauffer B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/98jd00686
Subject(s) - sublimation (psychology) , ice core , trace gas , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , mineralogy , geology , atmospheric sciences , chemistry , environmental chemistry , climatology , psychology , psychotherapist
A sublimation technique has been developed to extract air samples from polar ice cores for subsequent simultaneous measurement of several trace gases by frequency‐modulated tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. This extraction and analysis technique is shown to be suitable as an extraction method for the determination of concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O in air samples of ∼1–5 cm 3 recovered from ice samples of 10–50 g. Air samples from the Siple ice core have been analyzed covering the period between 1772 and 1973. In addition, a few samples from two different ice cores from Vostok station have been analyzed. Our results are in a good agreement with results obtained by other researchers using melting and crushing extraction techniques. This agreement indicates that processes connected with the formation of clathrates in ice under high pressure at greater depths and their destruction after drilling are not affecting the CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O measurements significantly.