Three-year observations of halocarbons at the Nepal Climate Observatory at Pyramid (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.) on the Himalayan range

A monitoring programme for halogenated climate-altering gases has been established in the frame of the SHARE EV-K2 -CNR project at the Nepal Climate Laboratory – Pyramid in the Himalayan range at the altitude of 5079 m a.s.l. The site is very well located to provide important insights on changes in atmospheric composition in a region that is of great significance for emissions of both anthropogenic and biogenic halogenated compounds. Measurements are performed since March 2006, with grab samples collected on a weekly basis. The first three years of data have been analysed. After the identification of the atmospheric background values for fourteen halocarbons, the frequency of occurrence of pollution events have been compared with the same kind of analysis for data collected at other global background stations. The analysis showed the fully halogenated species, whose production and consumption are regulated under the Montreal Protocol, show a significant occurrence of “above the baseline” values, as a consequence of their current use in the developing countries surrounding the region, meanwhile the hydrogenated gases, more recently introduced into the market, show less frequent spikes. Atmospheric concentration trends have been calculated as well, and they showed a fast increase, ranging from 5.7 to 12.6%, of all the hydrogenated species, and a clear decrease of methyl chloroform(-17.7%).The comparison with time series from other stations has also allowed to derive Meridional gradients, which are absent for long living well mixed species, while for the more reactive species, the gradient in creases inversely with respect to their atmospheric lifetime. The effect of long range transport and of local events on the atmospheric composition at the station has been analysed as well, allowing the identification of relevant source regions the Northern half of the Indian sub-continent. Also, at finer spatial scales, a smaller, local contribution of forest fires from the Khumbu valley has been detected.
 
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Michela Maione (The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" - Chemical Science Institute) - Umberto Giostra (The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" -Science campus Sogesta) - Paolo Bonasoni (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR) - Paolo Cristofanelli (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR) - Paolo Laj (CNRS Laboratory of Meteorology Physics - Laboratory of Glaciology) - Elisa Vuillermoz (Ev-K2-CNR) - Jgor Arduini (The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" - Chemical Science Institute) - Francesco Furlani (The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo"-Department of Basic Sciences and Fundamentals (DiSBeF)) (2011) . Three-year observations of halocarbons at the Nepal Climate Observatory at Pyramid (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.) on the Himalayan range. Copernicus GmbH (Copernicus Publications) https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/50bb68a2-686e-4d58-85cb-3663631c408d
 

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The book contains the scientific papers published by EvK2Cnr researchers in a special issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, entitled "Atmospheric brown clouds in the Himalayas "  

The book contains the scientific papers published by EvK2Cnr researchers in a special issue of Atmospheric

Chemistry and Physics, entitled "Atmospheric brown clouds in the

Himalayas "

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The book contains the scientific papers by EvK2Cnr researchers in a special issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, entitled "Atmospheric brown clouds in the Himalayas "

" Three-year observations of halocarbons at the Nepal Climate Observatory at Pyramid (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.) on the Himalayan range"

ACP (Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics) - Special Issue Atmospheric brown cloud in the Himalayas.

M. Maione, U. Giostra, J. Arduini, F. Furlani, P. Bonasoni, P. Cristofanelli, P. Laj, and E. Vuillermoz

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 3431-3441, 2011

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