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Hoheisel, Antje: Comparison of atmospheric CO, CO₂ and CH₄ measurements at Schneefernerhaus and the mountain ridge at Zugspitze, Germany
1. antje.hoheisel@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Comparison of atmospheric CO2, CO and CH4 measurements at
Schneefernerhaus and the mountain ridge at Zugspitze
A. Hoheisel1, C. Couret2, B. Hellack2 and M. Schmidt1
[1] Institute of Environmental Physics Heidelberg University
[2] German Environment Agency UBA, Germany
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3. Motivation
Motivation: 1. local pollution spikes in CO and CO2
390
400
410
420
430
440
CO2[ppm]
Oct 18 Dec 18 Feb 19 Apr 19 Jun 19 Aug 19 Oct 19 Dec 19
max: 483 ppm
200
400
600
800
CO[ppb]
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) with local pollution
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) flagged data
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5. Motivation
New inlet line to mountain ridge since October 2018
Schneefernerhaus:
ˆ CH4 und CO2:
CRDS G2301
ˆ CO: LGR
ˆ dried using a cooling
trap
mountain ridge:
ˆ CH4, CO2 und CO:
CRDS G2401
ˆ dried since Feb 2019
using a cooling trap
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6. Time series
CO mole fraction in ambient air (1min data)
200
400
600
800
CO[ppb]
dry ZSF measurement dry ZSF and mountain ridge measurement no tourism
−50
0
50
100
∆CO(ZSF−mountainridge)[ppb]
Oct 18 Dec 18 Feb 19 Apr 19 Jun 19 Aug 19 Oct 19 Dec 19 Feb 20 Apr 20 Jun 20 Aug 20
mean: 1.615 ± 0.005 ppb
std deviation: 2.8 ppb
month
max: 27987 ppb
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Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) with pollution
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) without pollution
mountain ridge (ZMR)
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7. Time series
CO2 mole fraction in ambient air (1min data)
390
400
410
420
430
440
450
460
CO2[ppm]
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) with pollution
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) without pollution
mountain ridge (ZMR)
dry ZSF measurement dry ZSF and mountain ridge measurement no tourism
−10
−5
0
5
10
15
20
∆CO2(ZSF−mountainridge)[ppm]
Oct 18 Dec 18 Feb 19 Apr 19 Jun 19 Aug 19 Oct 19 Dec 19 Feb 20 Apr 20 Jun 20 Aug 20
mean: 0.066 ± 0.001 ppm
std deviation: 0.5 ppm
month
max: 71 ppm
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8. Time series
Local pollution events at Schneefernerhaus and mountain ridge
406.5
407.0
407.5
408.0
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
CO2[ppm]
C
CO2 measurement
406.5
407.0
407.5
408.0
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
CO2ZSF[ppm]
15:00 17:00 19:00 21:00
406.4
406.5
406.6
406.7
406.8
406.9
datenW$date
datenW[,c(24+w)]
CO2ZMR[ppm]
hours (UTC) 2018−10−15
200
400
600
800
1000
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
CO[ppb]
A
CO measurement
200
400
600
800
1000
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
COZSF[ppb]
12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00
94
96
98
100
102
104
106
datenW$date
datenW[,c(24+w)]
COZMR[ppb]
hours (UTC) 2019−01−15
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
CO[ppb]
B
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
datenW$date
datenW[,c(15+w)]
COZSF[ppb]
09:00 11:00 13:00
95
100
105
datenW$date
datenW[,c(24+w)]
COZMR[ppb]
hours (UTC) 2018−12−19
Schneeferner−
haus (ZSF)
mountain ridge
(ZMR)
c(4:7, 6:1, 2:4)
c(7:1,2:7)
wind direction
N
E
S
W
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11. Time series
Weekend Effect in Schneefernerhaus data
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
NA
NA
CO2detrended[ppm]
ZSF: 2018−2020
winter
weekend
weekday
NA
NA
ZMR: 2018−2020
winter (Oct to Apr)
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
NA
NA
CO2detrended[ppm]
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC)
summer
NA
NA
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC)
summer (May to Sep)
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12. Time series
Weekend Effect in Schneefernerhaus data
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
NA
NA
CO2detrended[ppm]
ZSF: 2018−2020
winter
weekend
weekday
NA
NA
ZMR: 2018−2020
winter (Oct to Apr)
NA
NA
ZSF: 2002−2014
weekend
weekday
NA
NA
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
ZSF: 2015−2019
winter (Oct to Apr)
CO2detrended[ppm]
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
NA
NA
CO2detrended[ppm]
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC)
summer
NA
NA
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC)
summer (May to Sep)
NA
NA
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC) NA
NA
−1.5
−1.0
−0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
0 5 10 15 20
hour (UTC)
summer (May to Sep)
CO2detrended[ppm]
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13. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown
Weekly averaged CO2, CH4 and CO mole fraction
405
410
415
CO2ZSF[ppm]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
2018
2019
2020
Schneefernerhaus
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
CH4ZSF[ppb]
80
100
120
140
160
COZSF[ppb]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
405
410
415
CO2ZMR[ppm]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
mountain ridge
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
CH4ZMR[ppb]
80
100
120
140
160
COZMR[ppb]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
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14. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown
Difference between Schneefernerhaus and mountain ridge data
−0.2
−0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
∆CO2[ppm]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
2018
2019
2020
−4
−3
−2
−1
0
1
∆CH4[ppb]
−1
0
1
2
3
∆CO[ppb]
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan
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15. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown
Comparison between NO2 data measured 2019 and 2020
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
NO2[ppb]
Feb 19 Mar 19 Apr 19 May 19 Jun 19
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
NO2[ppb]
Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20
NA
NA
local pollution data 2020/2019:
3551 / 6320 = 56 % 1081 / 23437 = 5 % 5662 / 1700 = 333 %
Schneefernerhaus without local pollution
Schneefernerhaus with local pollution
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16. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown
Comparison between CO2 data measured 2019 and 2020
405
410
415
420
425
430
435
440
CO2[ppm]
Feb 19 Mar 19 Apr 19 May 19 Jun 19
Schneefernerhaus without local pollution
Schneefernerhaus with local pollution
405
410
415
420
425
430
435
440
CO2[ppm]
local pollution data 2020/2019:
699 / 2213 = 32 % 274 / 2765 = 10 % 353 / 955 = 37 %
Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20
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17. Summary
Summary
Impact of Covid-19 lockdown
ˆ No strong difference in the CO2 and CH4 mole fraction could be noticed.
ˆ However, less local pollution events could be detected in CO2 and NO2.
Comparison measurements between Schneefernerhaus(ZSF) and mountain ridge(ZMR)
ˆ Ambient air from ZSF and ZMR show similar large scale patterns in CO2, CH4 and CO mole fractions.
ˆ The mountain ridge measurement is much less influenced by local pollution.
ˆ However, the inlet line to the mountain ridge is not always accessible depending on weather.
ˆ Continuous measurements of ambient air from both locations (ZSF and ZMR) would give us several
advantages.
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18. Thank you for your attention.
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19. Backup slides
Experimental set-up
CRDS
G2401
CRDS
G2301
LosGatos
Ambient air
intake line
since 5.Feb 2019
Ambient air
intake line
Target PR
Standard PR
rotary
valve
pump
since 16.July 2019
before 16.July 2019
since 16.July 2019
before 16.July 2019
mountain ridge
Schneefernerhaus
condensation trap
condensation trap
MFC
MFC
MFC
overflow
before 16.July
2019
MFC
overflow
before 16.July
2019
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20. Backup slides
Wind pattern measured at ZSF and ZMR
Schneefernerhaus mountain ridge
Frequency of counts by wind direction (%)
W
S
N
E
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
mean = 3.5406
calm = 0 %
wind spd.
0 to 2
2 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 16.4
Frequency of counts by wind direction (%)
W
S
N
E
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
mean = 3.9546
calm = 15.6 %
wind spd.
0 to 2
2 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 19.98
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21. Backup slides
CH4 mole fraction in ambient air (1min data)
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300
CH4[ppb]
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) with pollution
Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) without pollution
mountain ridge (ZMR)
dry ZSF measurement dry ZSF and mountain ridge measurement no tourism
−100
−50
0
50
100
∆CH4(ZSF−mountainridge)[ppb]
Oct 18 Dec 18 Feb 19 Apr 19 Jun 19 Aug 19 Oct 19 Dec 19 Feb 20 Apr 20 Jun 20 Aug 20
mean: −0.39 ± 0.01 ppb
std deviation: 4 ppb
month
max: 361 ppb
Analyser at ATC
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