Molecular distributions and stable carbon isotopic compositions of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in aerosols from Sapporo, Japan: Implications for photochemical aging during long‐range atmospheric transport

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Tập 113 Số D14 - 2008
Shankar G. Aggarwal1, Kimitaka Kawamura1
1Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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Molecular and stable carbon isotopic (δ13C value) compositions of dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids, and dicarbonyls in aerosol samples (i.e., total suspended particles) collected in Sapporo, northern Japan during spring and summer were determined to better understand the photochemical aging of organic aerosols during long‐range transport from East Asia and Siberia. Their molecular distributions were characterized by the predominance of oxalic acid (C2) followed by malonic (C3) or occasionally succinic (C4) acids. Concentrations of total diacids ranged from 106–787 ng m−3 with ketoacids (13–81 ng m−3) and dicarbonyls (2.6–28 ng m−3) being less abundant. Water‐soluble organic carbon (WSOC) comprised 23–69% of aerosol organic carbon (OC). OC to elemental carbon (EC) ratios were high (3.6–19, mean: 8.7). The ratios of C3/C4 and WSOC/OC did not show significant diurnal changes, suggesting that the Sapporo aerosols were not seriously affected by local photochemical processes and instead they were already aged. δ13C values of the dominant diacids (C2 − C4) ranged from −14.0 to −25.3‰. Largest δ13C values (−14.0 to −22.4‰, mean: −18.8‰) were obtained for C2, whereas smallest values (−25.1 to −31.4‰, mean: −28.1‰) were for azelaic acid (C9). In general, δ13C values of C2 − C4 diacids became less negative with aerosol aging (i.e., WSOC/OC), presumably due to isotopic fractionation during photochemical degradation of diacids. By comparing the δ13C values of diacids in the Sapporo aerosols with different air mass source regions, we suggest that although initial δ13C values of diacids depend on their precursor sources, the enrichment in 13C can be ascribed to aerosol photochemical aging.

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