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@ARTICLE{Saito:14236,
author = {Saito, T. and Stein, O. and Tsunogai, U. and Kawamura, K.
and Nakatsuka, T. and Gamo, T. and Yoshida, N.},
title = {{S}table carbon isotope ratios of ethane over the {N}orth
{P}acific: {A}tmospheric measurements and global chemical
transport modeling},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
volume = {116},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Union},
reportid = {PreJuSER-14236},
year = {2011},
note = {We thank Masahiro Narukawa and the crews of R/V Shoyo-maru
and R/V Mirai for their help in collecting air samples. This
study was supported partly by Research Fellowships of the
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young
Scientists to T.S. and by Core Research for Evolutional
Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology
Corporation, to the Tokyo Institute of Technology.},
abstract = {The atmospheric mixing ratios of ethane and its stable
carbon isotope ratios (delta C-13) were measured over the
North Pacific (2 degrees N to 38 degrees N, 140 degrees E to
90 degrees W) during oceanographic cruises in summer and
autumn. The measured mixing ratios were relatively low
(mostly < 1 ppbv) over the North Pacific, whereas elevated
ethane levels (> 1 ppbv) were observed over the western
North Pacific near Japan, with lower delta C-13 values
(approximately -25 parts per thousand), suggesting recent
emissions from neighboring source regions. The most
C-13-enriched values of ethane (approximately -16 parts per
thousand) were observed over the western equatorial Pacific
rather than the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. This
is likely caused by the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) for the
removal of ethane during the atmospheric transport from
potential upwind source regions to the most remote region
under the prevailing trade easterly winds. The measurements
were compared with the results of a global chemical
transport model including two ethane isotopologues
((C2H6)-C-12 and (C2H6)-C-13). The model-estimated delta
C-13 values were too high compared with the observations. It
is likely that this discrepancy is partly due to an
approximately $40\%$ overestimation of the reported KIE for
the reaction between ethane and OH radicals.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK491},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000286757300007},
doi = {10.1029/2010JD014602},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/14236},
}