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OF–CEAS laser spectroscopy to measure water isotopes in dry environments: example of application in Antarctica
Thomas Lauwers
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Elise Fourré
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Olivier Jossoud
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Daniele Romanini
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy UMR 5588, 38041 Grenoble, France
Frédéric Prié
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Giordano Nitti
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Mathieu Casado
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Kévin Jaulin
AP2E, 110 av. Galilée, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France
Markus Miltner
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy UMR 5588, 38041 Grenoble, France
AP2E, 110 av. Galilée, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France
Morgane Farradèche
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Valérie Masson-Delmotte
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Amaëlle Landais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement – IPSL, UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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This paper presents a compilation of high-resolution (11 cm) water isotopic records, including published and new measurements, for the last 800 000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core, Antarctica. Using this new combined water isotopes (δ18O and δD) dataset, we study the variability and possible influence of diffusion at the multi-decadal to multi-centennial scale. We observe a stronger variability at the onset of the interglacial interval corresponding to a warm period.
Clément Outrequin, Anne Alexandre, Christine Vallet-Coulomb, Clément Piel, Sébastien Devidal, Amaelle Landais, Martine Couapel, Jean-Charles Mazur, Christophe Peugeot, Monique Pierre, Frédéric Prié, Jacques Roy, Corinne Sonzogni, and Claudia Voigt
Clim. Past, 17, 1881–1902, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1881-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1881-2021, 2021
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Continental atmospheric humidity is a key climate parameter poorly captured by global climate models. Model–data comparison approaches that are applicable beyond the instrumental period are essential to progress on this issue but face a lack of quantitative relative humidity proxies. Here, we calibrate the triple oxygen isotope composition of phytoliths as a new quantitative proxy of continental relative humidity suitable for past climate reconstructions.
Christophe Leroy-Dos Santos, Mathieu Casado, Frédéric Prié, Olivier Jossoud, Erik Kerstel, Morgane Farradèche, Samir Kassi, Elise Fourré, and Amaëlle Landais
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 2907–2918, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2907-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2907-2021, 2021
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We developed an instrument that can generate water vapor at low humidity at a very stable level. This instrument was conceived to calibrate water vapor isotopic records obtained in very dry places such as central Antarctica. Here, we provide details on the instrument as well as results obtained for correcting water isotopic records for diurnal variability during a long field season at the Concordia station in East Antarctica.
Axel Fouqueau, Manuela Cirtog, Mathieu Cazaunau, Edouard Pangui, Pascal Zapf, Guillaume Siour, Xavier Landsheere, Guillaume Méjean, Daniele Romanini, and Bénédicte Picquet-Varrault
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6311–6323, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6311-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6311-2020, 2020
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An incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (IBBCEAS) technique has been developed for the in situ monitoring of NO3 radicals in the CSA simulation chamber at LISA. The optical cavity allows a high sensitivity for NO3 detection up to 6 ppt for an integration time of 10 s. The technique is now fully operational and can be used to determine rate constants for fast reactions involving complex volatile organic compounds (with rate constants up to 10−10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1).
Jinhwa Shin, Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles, Roberto Grilli, Jai Chowdhry Beeman, Frédéric Parrenin, Grégory Teste, Amaelle Landais, Loïc Schmidely, Lucas Silva, Jochen Schmitt, Bernhard Bereiter, Thomas F. Stocker, Hubertus Fischer, and Jérôme Chappellaz
Clim. Past, 16, 2203–2219, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2203-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2203-2020, 2020
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We reconstruct atmospheric CO2 from the EPICA Dome C ice core during Marine Isotope Stage 6 (185–135 ka) to understand carbon mechanisms under the different boundary conditions of the climate system. The amplitude of CO2 is highly determined by the Northern Hemisphere stadial duration. Carbon dioxide maxima show different lags with respect to the corresponding abrupt CH4 jumps, the latter reflecting rapid warming in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Water vapour isotopes are important tools to better understand processes governing the atmospheric hydrological cycle. In polar regions, their measurement helps to improve the interpretation of water isotopic records in ice cores. However, in situ water vapour isotopic monitoring is an important challenge, especially in dry places of East Antarctica. We present here an alternative laser spectroscopy technique adapted for such measurements, with a limit of detection down to 10 ppm humidity.
Water vapour isotopes are important tools to better understand processes governing the...
