IPY: Halogen Chemistry and Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) Chemical Exchange During IPY

本项目的目标是开发一种新型的超痕量水平测定北冰洋上空空气中卤素原子(氯、溴和碘)和自由基(ClO、BrO和IO)浓度的仪器。该仪器的研制将有助于解决这样一种假设，即与海冰表面有关的盐产生的卤素原子化学对北极大气边界层的氧化能力有非常大的影响。这反过来会导致云凝结核的产生，进而影响云层。然而，需要开发直接测量卤素原子浓度的能力，以便能够随着未来几十年海冰覆盖的变化而监测这种重要的化学物质(导致北极春季臭氧和汞的迅速消耗)。将要开发的仪器包括将空气采样到石英流动管中，在石英流动管中，卤素原子与三氟丙烯快速反应，产生一种卤化酮，可以使用色谱技术以极高的灵敏度进行检测。在该项目期间，这一实地校准方法的开发工作将完成，并将在国际极地年期间在各种极地海洋环境中实施。加拿大破冰船“阿蒙森”号和瑞典破冰船“奥登”号将分别于2008年春季和2008年夏季在巴罗和一个大型冰原营地进行实地考察。对现场测量结果的解释将得到一维、多相、活性物质之间相互作用的数值模拟以及混合和传输的辅助。该项目的一项重要成果将是一种经过充分测试的、坚固耐用的便携式采样设备，该设备将有助于随着北极海冰覆盖的变化，作为北极观测网络的一部分，对卤素原子化学进行长期测量。更广泛的影响包括：(1)参与作家彼得·劳里的实地工作，他计划写一本关于全球气候变化的书；(2)与普渡气候研究中心合作，开发与北极气候变化有关的公共宣传和研究生课程。

The objective of this project is to develop a novel instrument for ultra-trace level determination of the halogen atom (Cl, Br, and I) and radical (ClO, BrO and IO) concentrations in the air above the Arctic Ocean. The development of the instrument will help to address the hypothesis that halogen atom chemistry derived from salt associated with the surface of the sea ice has a very large impact on the oxidizing power of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. This in turn results in production of cloud condensation nuclei, which in turn influence cloud cover. However, the ability to directly measure halogen atom concentrations needs to be developed, so that this important chemistry (that results in rapid depletion of ozone and mercury during Arctic spring) can be monitored as sea ice cover changes in the coming decades. The instrument to be developed involves sampling air into a quartz flowtube, in which the halogen atoms react rapidly with trifluoropropene, to produce a halogenated ketone that can be detected with great sensitivity using chromatographic techniques. During this project the development of this field-calibrated method will be completed, and it will be implemented in a variety of polar marine environments during the International Polar Year. Fieldwork will be done aboard the Canadian icebreaker 'Amundsen' in spring 2008 and the Swedish icebreaker 'Oden' in summer 2008, and at Barrow and a pack ice camp in early spring 2009. Interpretation of the field measurements will be aided by 1-D, multiphase, numerical modeling of interactions among reactive species, and mixing and transport. An important outcome of the project will be a fully-tested, robust, portable sampling device that will facilitate long-term measurements of halogen atom chemistry as part of the Arctic Observing Network as the sea ice cover in the Arctic changes. Broader impacts include (1) participation in the fieldwork of a writer, Peter Lourie, who is planning to write a book about global climate change, and (2), development of public outreach and graduate courses related to Arctic climate change in partnership with the Purdue Climate Research Center.