A climatology of 7Be at four high-altitude stations at the Alps and the Northern Apennines

The 7Be activity concentrations measured from 1996 to 1998 at four high-altitude stations, Jungfraujoch—Switzerland, Zugspitze—Germany, Sonnblick—Austria and Mt. Cimone—Italy, were analyzed in combination with a set of, meteorological and atmospheric parameters such as the tropopause height, relative and specific humidity and also in conjunction with 3D back-trajectories in order to investigate the climatological features of 7Be. A frequency distribution analysis on 7Be activity concentrations revealed the existence of two concentration classes around 1.5 and 6 mBq m(-3) and a transition class between the two modes of the distribution at 3-4 mBq (m-3). Cross-correlation analysis performed between 7Be and a number of meteorological and atmospheric parameters at the first three stations showed a strong negative correlation with relative humidity (-0.56, -0.51,-0.41) indicating the importance of wet scavenging as a controlling mechanism. Also, the positive correlation with the height of 3-days back-trajectories and tropopause height (+0.49/+0.43, +0.59/+0.36, +0.44/+0.38) shows that downward transport from the upper or middle to lower troposphere within anticyclonic conditions plays also an important role. Trajectory statistics showed that low 7Be concentrations typically originate from lower-altitude subtropical ocean areas, while high concentrations arrive from the north and high altitudes, as is characteristic for stratospheric intrusions. Although the 7Be activity concentrations are highly episodic, the monthly means indicate an annual cycle with a late-summer maximum at all stations. The correlation coefficients calculated for monthly means of the 7Be and atmospheric data suggest that the main predictor controlling the seasonality of the 7Be concentrations is tropopause height (+0.76, +0.56, +0.60), reflecting more vertical transport from upper tropospheric levels into the lower troposphere during the warm season than during the cold season.
 
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E. Gerasopoulos (Nuclear Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,) - Prodromos Zanis (Department of Meteorology and Climatology School of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) - Andreas Stohl (Department of Ecology, Technical University Munich,) - C.S. Zerefos (Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) - C. Papastefanou (Nuclear Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) - Wolfgang Ringer (Federal Office of Agrobiology) - L. Tobler (Paul Scherrer Institute) - S. Hubener (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern,) - H.W. Gaggeler (Paul Scherrer Institute;Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern,) - Andreas Tuerler (Paul Scherrer Institute;University of Berne) - H.J. Kanter (Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (IFU),) (2011) . A climatology of 7Be at four high-altitude stations at the Alps and the Northern Apennines. Elsevier Science Publishing Company https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/3816f2a0-d3b6-4d17-9375-f4335f269b9c
 

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Gerasopoulos, E., Zanis, P., Stohl, A., Zerefos, C. S., Papastefanou, C., Ringerd, W., Tobler, L., Hubener, S., Gaeggler, H. W., Kanter, H. J., Tositti, L., Sandrini, S. : A climatology of 7Be at four high-altitude stations at the Alps and the Northern Apennines, Atmos. Environ., 35, Pages 6347-6360,2001.

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