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Tellus B | 2014

Insights on nitrate sources at Dome C (East Antarctic Plateau) from multi-year aerosol and snow records

Rita Traversi; Roberto Udisti; Daniele Frosini; Silvia Becagli; V. Ciardini; B. Funke; Christian Lanconelli; Boyan Petkov; Claudio Scarchilli; Mirko Severi; Vito Vitale

Here we present the first multi-year record of nitrate in the atmospheric aerosol (2005–2008) and surface snow (2006–08) from central Antarctica. PM10 and size-segregated aerosol, together with superficial snow, have been collected all year-round at high resolution (daily for all the snow samples and for most of aerosol samples) at Dome C since the 2004/05 field season and analysed for main and trace ionic markers. The suitability of the sampling location in terms of possible contamination from the base is shown in detail. In spite of the relevance of nitrate in Antarctic atmosphere, both for better understanding the chemistry of N cycle in the plateau boundary layer and for improving the interpretation of long-term nitrate records from deep ice core records, nitrate sources in Antarctica are not well constrained yet, neither in extent nor in timing. A recurring seasonal pattern was pointed out in both aerosol and snow records, showing summer maxima and winter minima, although aerosol maxima lead the snow ones of 1–2 months, possibly due to a higher acidity in the atmosphere in mid-summer, favouring the repartition of nitrate as nitric acid and thus its uptake by the surface snow layers. On the basis of a meteorological analysis of one major nitrate event, of data related to PSC I extent and of irradiance values, we propose that the high nitrate summer levels in aerosol and snow are likely due to a synergy of enhanced source of nitrate and/or its precursors (such as the stratospheric inputs), higher solar irradiance and higher oxidation rates in this season. Moreover, we show here a further evidence of the substantial contribution of HNO3/NOx re-emission from the snowpack, already shown in previous works, and which can explain a significant fraction of atmospheric nitrate, maintaining the same seasonal pattern in the snow. As concerning snow specifically, the presented data suggest that nitrate is likely to be controlled mainly by atmospheric processes, not on the daily timescale but rather on the seasonal one.


Nature Communications | 2017

Holocene sea ice variability driven by wind and polynya efficiency in the Ross Sea

K. Mezgec; Barbara Stenni; Xavier Crosta; Valerie Masson-Delmotte; Carlo Baroni; M. Braida; V. Ciardini; Ester Colizza; Romana Melis; M. C. Salvatore; Mirko Severi; Claudio Scarchilli; Rita Traversi; Roberto Udisti; Massimo Frezzotti

The causes of the recent increase in Antarctic sea ice extent, characterised by large regional contrasts and decadal variations, remain unclear. In the Ross Sea, where such a sea ice increase is reported, 50% of the sea ice is produced within wind-sustained latent-heat polynyas. Combining information from marine diatom records and sea salt sodium and water isotope ice core records, we here document contrasting patterns in sea ice variations between coastal and open sea areas in Western Ross Sea over the current interglacial period. Since about 3600 years before present, an increase in the efficiency of regional latent-heat polynyas resulted in more coastal sea ice, while sea ice extent decreased overall. These past changes coincide with remarkable optima or minima in the abundances of penguins, silverfish and seal remains, confirming the high sensitivity of marine ecosystems to environmental and especially coastal sea ice conditions.Strong regional heterogeneity prevents thorough understanding of the recent increase in Antarctic sea ice. Here, analysis of marine and ice cores in the Western Ross Sea shows that late Holocene contrasting sea ice patterns between open and coastal areas are related to katabatic winds and polynya efficiency.


Chemosphere | 2017

Multi-year record of atmospheric and snow surface nitrate in the central Antarctic plateau

Rita Traversi; Silvia Becagli; Marco Brogioni; Laura Caiazzo; V. Ciardini; Fabio Giardi; Michel Legrand; Giovanni Macelloni; Boyan Petkov; S. Preunkert; Claudio Scarchilli; Mirko Severi; Vito Vitale; Roberto Udisti

Continuous all year-round samplings of atmospheric aerosol and surface snow at high (daily to 4-day) resolution were carried out at Dome C since 2004-05 to 2013 and nitrate records are here presented. Basing on a larger statistical data set than previous studies, results confirm that nitrate seasonal pattern is characterized by maxima during austral summer for both aerosol and surface snow, occurring in-phase with solar UV irradiance. This temporal pattern is likely due to a combination of nitrate sources and post-depositional processes whose intensity usually enhances during the summer. Moreover, it should be noted that a case study of the synoptic conditions, which took place during a major nitrate event, showed the occurrence of a stratosphere-troposphere exchange. The sampling of both matrices at the same time with high resolution allowed the detection of a an about one-month long recurring lag of summer maxima in snow with respect to aerosol. This result can be explained by deposition and post-deposition processes occurring at the atmosphere-snow interface, such as a net uptake of gaseous nitric acid and a replenishment of the uppermost surface layers driven by a larger temperature gradient in summer. This hypothesis was preliminarily tested by a comparison with surface layers temperature data in the 2012-13 period. The analysis of the relationship between the nitrate concentration in the gas phase and total nitrate obtained at Dome C (2012-13) showed the major role of gaseous HNO3 to the total nitrate budget suggesting the need to further investigate the gas-to-particle conversion processes.


Chemosphere | 2017

Sea salt sodium record from Talos Dome (East Antarctica) as a potential proxy of the Antarctic past sea ice extent

Mirko Severi; Silvia Becagli; Laura Caiazzo; V. Ciardini; Ester Colizza; Fabio Giardi; K. Mezgec; Claudio Scarchilli; Barbara Stenni; Elizabeth R. Thomas; Rita Traversi; Roberto Udisti

Antarctic sea ice has shown an increasing trend in recent decades, but with strong regional differences from one sector to another of the Southern Ocean. The Ross Sea and the Indian sectors have seen an increase in sea ice during the satellite era (1979 onwards). Here we present a record of ssNa+ flux in the Talos Dome region during a 25-year period spanning from 1979 to 2003, showing that this marker could be used as a potential proxy for reconstructing the sea ice extent in the Ross Sea and Western Pacific Ocean at least for recent decades. After finding a positive relationship between the maxima in sea ice extent for a 25-year period, we used this relationship in the TALDICE record in order to reconstruct the sea ice conditions over the 20th century. Our tentative reconstruction highlighted a decline in the sea ice extent (SIE) starting in the 1950s and pointed out a higher variability of SIE starting from the 1960s and that the largest sea ice extents of the last century occurred during the 1990s.


International Journal of Climatology | 2016

Meteorological and snow accumulation gradients across Dome C, East Antarctic plateau

Christophe Genthon; D. Six; Claudio Scarchilli; V. Ciardini; Massimo Frezzotti


The Cryosphere | 2016

Three-year monitoring of stable isotopes of precipitation at Concordia Station, East Antarctica

Barbara Stenni; Claudio Scarchilli; Valerie Masson-Delmotte; Elisabeth Schlosser; V. Ciardini; Giuliano Dreossi; Paolo Grigioni; M. Bonazza; Anselmo Cagnati; Daniele Karlicek; Camille Risi; Roberto Udisti; Mauro Valt


Atmospheric Research | 2014

Hail occurrence in Italy: Towards a national database and climatology

Marina Baldi; V. Ciardini; John David Dalu; Tiziana De Filippis; G. Maracchi; Giovanni Dalu


Archive | 2017

ClimAntartide: Il sito Web

Antonio Iaccarino; V. Ciardini; Lorenzo De Silvestri; Paolo Grigioni; Claudio Scarchilli; G. Camporeale; Stefano Dolci; Marco Proposito


Chemosphere | 2017

Prominent features in isotopic, chemical and dust stratigraphies from coastal East Antarctic ice sheet (Eastern Wilkes Land)

Laura Caiazzo; Giovanni Baccolo; Carlo Barbante; Silvia Becagli; Michele Bertò; V. Ciardini; I. Crotti; Barbara Delmonte; Giuliano Dreossi; Massimo Frezzotti; Jacopo Gabrieli; Fabio Giardi; Y. Han; Sungmin Hong; Soon Do Hur; Hee Jin Hwang; J.-H. Kang; Biancamaria Narcisi; Marco Proposito; Claudio Scarchilli; E. Selmo; Mirko Severi; Andrea Spolaor; Barbara Stenni; Rita Traversi; Roberto Udisti


Chemosphere | 2017

中央南極高原における大気と雪表面硝酸塩の多年記録【Powered by NICT】

Rita Traversi; Silvia Becagli; Marco Brogioni; Laura Caiazzo; V. Ciardini; Fabio Giardi; Michel Legrand; Giovanni Macelloni; Boyan Petkov; S. Preunkert; Claudio Scarchilli; Mirko Severi; Vito Vitale; Roberto Udisti

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Barbara Stenni

Ca' Foscari University of Venice

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