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2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on atmospheric methane variations based on its carbon and hydrogen isotope measurements

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18204042
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Meteorology/Physical oceanography/Hydrology
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

AOKI Shuji  Tohoku University, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (00183129)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NAKAZAWA Takakiyo  東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (30108451)
MORIMOTO Shinji  国立極地研究所, 研究系, 助教 (30270424)
SUGAWARA Satoshi  宮城教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80282151)
SAEKI Tazu  総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 助教 (30302243)
Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2009
Keywordsメタン / 同位体 / 大気観測 / 微生物 / 化石燃料 / バイオマス燃焼 / 氷床コア
Research Abstract

Atmospheric CH_4 concentration and its carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios have been measured on the global scale. By applying the observed data to a global CH_4 cycle model, respective emission ratios of CH_4 from biogenic, fossil and biomass burning sources are estimated to be 70, 16 and 13%. In addition, we revealed variations of CH_4 concentration and these isotopic ratios for the last 250 years by using air samples extracted from firn and ice cores. As a result of the measurements, CH_4 emission from biogenic, fossil and biomass burning sources have increased rapidly since the latter half of 19 century, since the beginning of 20 century and for the last several decades, respectively.

  • Research Products

    (55 results)

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All Journal Article (24 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 24 results) Presentation (28 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 南極の氷から過去の大気中の二酸化炭素濃度変化を探る2009

    • Author(s)
      青木周司
    • Journal Title

      化学と教育 57

      Pages: 558-559

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A new compact cryogenic air sampler and its application in stratospheric greenhouse gas observation at Syowa Station2009

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto, S., T., Yamanouchi, H. Honda, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Sugawara, S. Ishidoya, I. Iijima, T. Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Antarctica, J.Atmos And Ocean.Tech. 26

      Pages: 2182-2191

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A High-precision measurement system for carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios of atmospheric methane and its application to air samples collected in the western Pacific region2009

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa, T., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Morimoto
    • Journal Title

      J.Meteor.Soc.Japan 877

      Pages: 365-379

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] High-precision measurements of the carbon isotope ratio of atmospheric methane using a continuous flow mass-spectrometer2009

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto, S., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa
    • Journal Title

      Antarctic Record 53

      Pages: 1-8

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Variations of atmospheric nitrous oxide concentration in the northern and western Pacific2009

    • Author(s)
      Ishijima, K., T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki
    • Journal Title

      Tellus 61B

      Pages: 408-415

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years2009

    • Author(s)
      Engel, A., Mobius, T., Bonisch, H., Schmidt, U., Heinz, R., Levin, I., Atlas, E., Aoki, S., Nakazawa, T., Sugawara, S., Moore, F., Hurst, D., Elkins, J., Schauffler, S., Andrews, A., Boering, K.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Geoscience 2

      Pages: 28-31

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Accurate chronology of Antarctic climate and greenhouse gas changes over the past 470 ky.2008

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura K., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, Matsushima H., Ishidoya S., Sugawara S., Lisiecki L., Raymo M. E., Severinghaus J. P.
    • Journal Title

      Geochem.Cosmochem.Acta 72(12)

      Pages: A454-A454

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Long-term observation on ^<17>O anomaly in the lower stratospheric CO_2 over Japan2008

    • Author(s)
      Kawagucci, S., U. Tsunogai, S. Kudo, F. Nakagawa, H. Honda, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, M. Tsutsumi, T. Gamo
    • Journal Title

      Atmos.Chem.Phys. 8

      Pages: 1-9

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temporal and spatial variations of the atmospheric CO_2 concentration in China2008

    • Author(s)
      Zhang, D., J. Tang, G. Shi, M. Wen, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki, S. Sugawara, S. Morimoto, P. K. Patra, T. Hayasaka, T. Saeki
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. 35

      Pages: L03801

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Gravitational separation suggested by O2/N2, δ15N of N2, δ18O of O2, Ar/N2 observed in the lowermost part of the stratosphere at northern middle and high latitudes in the early spring of 20022008

    • Author(s)
      Ishidoya, S., S. Morimoto, S. Sugawara, T. Watai, T. Machida, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, T. Yamanouchi
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. 35

      Pages: L03812

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Gravitational separation of major atmospheric components of nitrogen and oxygen in the stratosphere2008

    • Author(s)
      Ishidoya, S., S. Sugawara, S. Morimoto, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. 35

      Pages: L03811

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Northern Hemisphere forcing of climatic cycles in Antarctica over the past 360,000 years2007

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura, K., F. Parrenin, L. Lisiecki, R. Uemura, F. Vimeux, J. P. Severinghaus, M. Hutterli, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki, J. Jouzel, M. E. Raymo, K. Matsumoto, H. Nakata, H. Motoyama, S. Fujita, K. Goto-Azuma, Y. Fujii, O. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Nature 448

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temporal variations of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the southernmost part of Japan2007

    • Author(s)
      Zhang, X., T. Nakazawa, M. Ishizawa, S. Aoki, S. Nakaoka, S. Sugawara, S. Maksyutov, T. Saeki, T. Hayasaka
    • Journal Title

      Tellus 59B

      Pages: 654-663

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Weak Northern and Strong Tropical Land Carbon Uptake from Vertical Profiles of Atmospheric CO22007

    • Author(s)
      Stephens, B. B., K. R. Gurney, P. P. Tans, C. Sweeney, W. Peters, L. Bruhwiler, P. Ciais, M. Ramonet, P. Bousquet, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki, T. Machida, G. Inoue, N. Vinnichenko, J. Lloyd, A. Jordan, M. Heimann, O. Shibistova, R. L. Langenfelds, L. P. Steele, R. J. Francey, A. S. Denning
    • Journal Title

      Science 316

      Pages: 1732-1735

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temporal variations of the atmospheric nitrous oxide concentration and its d15N and d18O for the latter half of the 20th century reconstructed from firn air analyses2007

    • Author(s)
      Ishijima, K., S. Sugawara, K. Kawamura, G. Hashida, S. Morimoto, S. Murayama, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys, Res. 112

      Pages: D03305

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Long-term observation of mass-independent oxygen isotope anomary in stratospheric CO22007

    • Author(s)
      Kawaguchi, K., U. Tsunogai, S. Kudo, F. Nakagawa, H. Honda, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, M. Tsutsumi, T. Gamo
    • Journal Title

      Atmos.Chem.Phys. 7

      Pages: 15723-15737

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ice-core record of methyl chloride over the last glacial-Holocene climate change2007

    • Author(s)
      Saito, T., Y. Yokouchi, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, Y. Fujii, O. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. Vol. 34

      Pages: L13801

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Convective mixing of air in firn at four polar sites2006

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura, K., Motoyama, H., Y. Fujii, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa
    • Journal Title

      Earth and Planetary Science Lettes 244

      Pages: 672-682

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Vertical profiles of the O2/N2 ratio in the stratosphere over Japan and Antractica2006

    • Author(s)
      Ishidoya, S., S. Sugawara, G. Hashida, S. Morimoto, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, T. Yamanouchi
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. Vol. 33

      Pages: L13701

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Long-term changes of methane and hydrogen in the stratosphere in the period 1978-2003 and their impact on the abundance of stratospheric water vapor2006

    • Author(s)
      Rohs, S., C. Schiller, M. Riese, A. Engel, U. Schmidt, T. Wetter, I. Levin, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. Vol. 111

      Pages: D14315

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Convective mixing of air in firn at four polar sites2006

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura, K., J. P. Severinghaus, S. Ishidoya, S. Sugawara, G. Hashida, H. Motoyama, Y. Fujii, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa
    • Journal Title

      Earth and Planetary Science Lett. 244

      Pages: 672-682

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A method for determination of methyl chloride in air trapped in an ice core2006

    • Author(s)
      Saito, T., Y. Yokouchi, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, Y. Fujii, O. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Chemosphere 63

      Pages: 1209-1213

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Validation of ILAS-II Version 1.4 nitrous oxide and methane profiles2006

    • Author(s)
      Ejiri, M. K., Y. terao, T. Sugita, H. Nakajima, T. Yokota, G. Toon, B. Sen, G. Wetzel, H. Oelhaf, J. Urban, D. Multagh, H. Irie, N. Saitho, T. Tanaka, H. Kanzawa, M. Shiotani, S. Aoki, G. Hashida, T. Machida, T. Nakazawa, H. Kobayashi, Y. Sasano.
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys,Res. 111

      Pages: D22S90

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temporal variations of the carbon isotopic ratio of atmospheric methane observed at Ny Alesund, Svalbard from 1996 to 20042006

    • Author(s)
      Morimoto, S., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, T. Yamanouchi
    • Journal Title

      Geophys.Res.Lett. 33

      Pages: L01807

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 東北大学における標準ガスの製造および濃度スケールの維持について2010

    • Author(s)
      青木周司
    • Organizer
      温室効果ガスの標準ガス体系に関する専門家会合
    • Place of Presentation
      つくば
    • Year and Date
      2010-02-23
  • [Presentation] Seasonal cycles of atmospheric methane and its carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios in the lower and upper troposphere of the western Pacific region2009

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa T., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, Y. Sawa, K. Ishijima, P. K. Patra
    • Organizer
      AGU 2009 Fall Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Fransisco
    • Year and Date
      20091214-20091218
  • [Presentation] Changes in atmospheric methane concentration in the Arctic and Antarctic regions for the last 110,000 years deduced from NGRIP and Dome Fuji deep ice cores2009

    • Author(s)
      Aoki S., K. Kawamura, T. Nakazawa, T. Mori, D. D. Jensen, S. J. Johnsen, Y. Fujii, O. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      The 2nd International Symposium on the Dome Fuji ice core and related topics
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20091118-20091120
  • [Presentation] Variations of atmospheric components over the past 720,000 years deduced from Dome Fuji deep ice core2009

    • Author(s)
      Aoki S., K. Kawamura, T. Nakazawa, K. Matsumoto, H. Nakata, H. Matsushima, Y. Kikuchi, H. Motoyama, Y. Fujii, O. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      The 2nd International Symposium on the Dome Fuji ice core and related topics
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20091118-20091120
  • [Presentation] Measurements of carbon and hydrogen stable isotopes of methane in air samples extracted from ice core and firn2009

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa T., S. Aoki, S. Morimoto, T. Nakazawa
    • Organizer
      The 2nd International Symposium on the Dome Fuji ice core and related topics
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20091118-20091120
  • [Presentation] Temporal and spatial variations of the concentration and carbon isotopic ratio of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the western Pacific region2009

    • Author(s)
      Aoki S., T. Nakazawa, Y. Terunuma, M. Ishizawa
    • Organizer
      8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Jena
    • Year and Date
      20090913-20090918
  • [Presentation] スバールバル諸島ニーオルスンで観測された大気メタンの濃度と炭素・水素安定同位体比の時間変動2009

    • Author(s)
      梅澤拓, 青木周司, 森本真司, 中澤高清, 山内恭
    • Organizer
      地球惑星科学連合2009年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉
    • Year and Date
      20090517-20090521
  • [Presentation] 南極成層圏大気の直接採取による温室効果気体の観測2009

    • Author(s)
      森本真司, 青木周司, 菅原敏, 豊田栄, 吉田哲也, 中澤高清, 山内恭
    • Organizer
      第3回南極観測シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      立川
    • Year and Date
      2009-12-10
  • [Presentation] 西太平洋上部/下部対流圏でのメタン濃度と炭素・水素安定同位体比の季節変動2009

    • Author(s)
      梅澤拓, 青木周司, 中澤高清, 町田敏暢, 松枝秀和, 澤庸介, 石島健太郎, Patra Prabi
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2009年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡
    • Year and Date
      2009-11-26
  • [Presentation] 平成22年度成層圏大気クライオサンプリング実験計画2009

    • Author(s)
      青木周司, 中澤高清, 本田秀之, 豊田栄, 菅原敏, 森本真司, 他
    • Organizer
      平成21年度大気球シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-01
  • [Presentation] Thirty years of stratospheric mean age tracer measurements : no observable change in the stratospheric circulation2008

    • Author(s)
      Engel A., T. Mobius, H. Bonisch, U. Schmidt, R. Heinz, I. Levin, E. Atlas, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Sugawara, F. Moore, D. Hurst, J. Elkins, S. Schauffler, A. Andrews, K. Boering
    • Organizer
      2008 AGU Fall Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      San Fransisco
    • Year and Date
      20081215-20081219
  • [Presentation] 第49次夏隊での温室効果気体観測報告2008

    • Author(s)
      森本真司, 浅野比, 青山朋樹, 山内恭, 本田秀之, 菅原敏, 石戸谷重之, 後藤大輔, 青木周司, 中澤高清
    • Organizer
      平成20年度極域気水圏・生物圏合同シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      立川
    • Year and Date
      20081202-20081205
  • [Presentation] 成層圏空気年代の推定に対する重力分離の影響2008

    • Author(s)
      菅原敏, 石戸谷重之, 青木周司, 中澤高清
    • Organizer
      日本気象学会2008年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Year and Date
      20081119-20081121
  • [Presentation] Temporal variations of CH4 and its δ13C and dD at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard2008

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa T., S. Aoki, S. Morimoto, T. Nakazawa, T. Yamanouchi
    • Organizer
      The 4th International Symposium on Isotopomers
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20081004-20081008
  • [Presentation] 平成21年度成層圏大気クライオサンプリング実験概要2008

    • Author(s)
      青木周司, 中澤高清, 本田秀之, 豊田栄, 菅原敏, 森本真司, 石戸谷重之, 吉田尚弘, 中村俊夫, 蒲生俊敬, 角皆潤
    • Organizer
      平成20年度大気球シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Year and Date
      20080925-20080926
  • [Presentation] Estimation of carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios of methane from wetlands and wildfires in Alaska based on aircraft observations and on a bonfire experiment2008

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa T., S. Aoki , Y. Kim, S. Morimoto, T. Nakazawa
    • Organizer
      IGAC 10th International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Annecy
    • Year and Date
      20080907-20080912
  • [Presentation] 極域成層圏大気の微量成分観測と大気の平均年代2008

    • Author(s)
      菅原敏, 中澤高清, 青木周司, 石戸谷重之, 森本真司, 橋田元, 山内恭, 本田秀之
    • Organizer
      2008年度日本気象学会春季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜
    • Year and Date
      20080522-20080525
  • [Presentation] 第2期ドームふじコアから求められた大気組成変動について2008

    • Author(s)
      青木周司, 松島寛尚, 川村賢二, 中澤高清
    • Organizer
      南極氷床の物理・化学・生物のフロンティア4
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20080317-20080319
  • [Presentation] 第2期ドームふじコアのガス分析結果 (2450-2680m) および47万年前にさかのぼる精密年代決定2007

    • Author(s)
      川村賢二, 松島寛尚, 石戸谷重之, 青木周司, 中澤高清, 菅原敏
    • Organizer
      第30回極域気水圏シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20071120-20071121
  • [Presentation] アラスカでの焚火実験で放出されたメタンの炭素/水素安定同位対比の測定2007

    • Author(s)
      梅澤拓, Yongwon Kim, 青木周司, 中澤高清
    • Organizer
      第13回大気化学討論会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋
    • Year and Date
      20071119-20071121
  • [Presentation] Development of High-Precision Measurement System for d13C and dD of Atmospheric Methane2007

    • Author(s)
      Aoki S., T. Umezawa, S. Morimoto, T. Nakazawa
    • Organizer
      14th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Experts on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques
    • Place of Presentation
      Helsinki
    • Year and Date
      20070910-20070913
  • [Presentation] ガス分析研究の進捗状況と今後の展望および課2007

    • Author(s)
      青木周司, 川村賢二, 松島寛尚, 石戸谷重之, 中澤高清, 菅原敏, 森本真司
    • Organizer
      南極氷床の物理・化学・生物のフロンティア3
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20070321-20070322
  • [Presentation] SCIAMACHYセンサによるメタンデータと地上観測データの比較解析2007

    • Author(s)
      有山悠子, 林田佐智子, 野口克行, 中澤高清, 青木周司, 菅原敏, 町田敏暢, Christian Frankenberg
    • Organizer
      第17回大気化学シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      豊川
    • Year and Date
      20070110-20070112
  • [Presentation] アラスカにおける大気中メタン濃度および一酸化炭素濃度の観測2006

    • Author(s)
      梅澤拓, 青木周司, 中澤高清, 森本真司, 町田敏暢
    • Organizer
      第29回極域気水圏・生物圏合同シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      20061120-20061121
  • [Presentation] Variations of the atmospheric methane concentration in China2006

    • Author(s)
      Saeki, T., S. Sugawara, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Ishidoya, J. Tang, D. Zhang, G.-Y. Shi, Y.-Z. Liu, S. Morimoto, T. Hayasaka
    • Organizer
      Joint CACGP/IGAC and WMO conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Cape Town
    • Year and Date
      20060917-20060923
  • [Presentation] Carbon isotopic fractionation factor of stratospheric CH4 estimated from 13CH4 and 13CO2 measurements2006

    • Author(s)
      Sugawara, S., S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, S. Ishidoya, T. Umezawa, K. Genma, S. Morimoto, H. Honda
    • Organizer
      Joint CACGP/IGAC and WMO conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Cape Town
    • Year and Date
      20060917-20060923
  • [Presentation] Analysis of δ13C and δD of stratospheric methane using online analytical system2006

    • Author(s)
      Umezawa, T., S. Aoki, S. Morimoto, S. Sugawara, T. Nakazawa
    • Organizer
      Joint CACGP/IGAC and WMO conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Cape Town
    • Year and Date
      20060917-20060923
  • [Presentation] 日本上空および西太平洋上空のメタン濃度変動要因の考察2006

    • Author(s)
      佐伯田鶴, 松枝秀和, 中澤高清, 青木周司
    • Organizer
      第12回大気化学討論会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形
    • Year and Date
      20060614-20060616
  • [Book] 地球変動研究の最前線を訪ねる2010

    • Author(s)
      中澤高清, 青木周司, 共著
    • Total Pages
      88-108
    • Publisher
      清水弘文堂書房
  • [Book] 環境化学2007

    • Author(s)
      青木周司
    • Total Pages
      203-207
    • Publisher
      丸善
  • [Remarks] ホームページ

    • URL

      http://tgr.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp/

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