Total organic carbon content, total nitrogen content, and carbon isotope (13C and 14C) composition of atmospheric particulates from aerosol samples collected on the R/V Dong Fang Hong-3 in the western North Pacific from October to December 2019 (NCEI Accession 0291488)
This dataset contains chemical data collected in the East China Sea (Tung Hai), North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, and Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) from 2019-10-31 to 2019-11-29. These data include Nitrogen, d13C, and particulate organic Carbon (POC). The instruments used to collect these data include Accelerator Mass Spectrometer, Aerosol Sampler, Elemental Analyzer, and Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer. These data were collected by Meredith Hastings of Brown University and Hayley N. Schiebel of Suffolk University as part of the "Collaborative Research: Characterization of Reactive Nitrogen in The North Pacific Atmosphere (North Pacific Atmos)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2024-04-03.
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
North Pacific Atmospheric Particulates
Dataset Description:
Methods and Sampling:
On-ship aerosol sampling was conducted on the R/V Dong Fang Hong-3 during a cruise to the western North Pacific from October 31 to December 1, 2019 (Chief Scientist Zaohui, Chen of the Ocean University of China, ()). The ship sailed from Qingdao, China (36°1'56"N, 120°13'56"E) to the western North Pacific (14°0'2"N, 149°35'56"E). Two portable aerosol particle samplers (model 2030, Qingdao Laoying Environmental Technology Co.) were used with a filter size of 9 centimeters (cm) O.D. (outer diameter). The GF/F filters were precombusted (550 degrees Celsius (°C), 4 hours) before use, and the sampling period was 18 to 72 hours for each filter with an air flow rate of 100 liters pers minute (L/min) based on the cruise track. A total of 16 samples were collected during the cruise.
For the aerosol samples, measurements were made of the concentrations of aerosol particulate organic carbon (POC), total nitrogen (TN), and carbon isotope (¹³C and ¹⁴C) compositions of aerosol OC. All measurements were conducted at the Center for Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology (CIGG) at the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM) in Qingdao, China. For atmospheric POC measurements, a cut piece of filter containing particles was acidifed first with 10% high-purity HCl to remove inorganic carbon and then dried at 50°C. Concentrations of POC and TN were measured using an elemental analyzer (Elementar vario Isotope select) with analytical standard deviations of ±0.03% for OC, and ±0.04% for TN (n = 6). The δ¹³C values of POC were measured using a Thermal Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer coupled with an Elemental Analyzer-IsoLink CN. Values of δ¹³C were reported in ‰ relative to ¹³C standards (IAEA-CH-3, cellulose, and IAEA-600 caffeine), and the analytic precision was ≤0.2‰ (n = 10). For POC ¹⁴C measurements, the pretreated filters were placed separately in double quartz tubes (precombusted at 850°C for 2 hours) with CuO and Ag wires added. The tubes were then evacuated on a vacuum line, flame sealed, and combusted at 850°C for 2 hours (Druffel et al., 1992). CO₂ resulting from POC oxidation was collected cryogenically and quantified monometrically on a vacuum line. The purified CO₂ was converted to graphite using the closed tube iron reduction method (Xu et al., 2007; Walker et al., 2019) and ¹⁴C was measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS, NEC 0.5MV XCAMS). Δ¹⁴C results were reported, and conventional radiocarbon ages [years before present (BP)] were calculated based on the study by Stuiver and Polach (1977).
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
North Pacific Atmospheric Particulates
Dataset Description:
Methods and Sampling:
On-ship aerosol sampling was conducted on the R/V Dong Fang Hong-3 during a cruise to the western North Pacific from October 31 to December 1, 2019 (Chief Scientist Zaohui, Chen of the Ocean University of China, ()). The ship sailed from Qingdao, China (36°1'56"N, 120°13'56"E) to the western North Pacific (14°0'2"N, 149°35'56"E). Two portable aerosol particle samplers (model 2030, Qingdao Laoying Environmental Technology Co.) were used with a filter size of 9 centimeters (cm) O.D. (outer diameter). The GF/F filters were precombusted (550 degrees Celsius (°C), 4 hours) before use, and the sampling period was 18 to 72 hours for each filter with an air flow rate of 100 liters pers minute (L/min) based on the cruise track. A total of 16 samples were collected during the cruise.
For the aerosol samples, measurements were made of the concentrations of aerosol particulate organic carbon (POC), total nitrogen (TN), and carbon isotope (¹³C and ¹⁴C) compositions of aerosol OC. All measurements were conducted at the Center for Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology (CIGG) at the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM) in Qingdao, China. For atmospheric POC measurements, a cut piece of filter containing particles was acidifed first with 10% high-purity HCl to remove inorganic carbon and then dried at 50°C. Concentrations of POC and TN were measured using an elemental analyzer (Elementar vario Isotope select) with analytical standard deviations of ±0.03% for OC, and ±0.04% for TN (n = 6). The δ¹³C values of POC were measured using a Thermal Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer coupled with an Elemental Analyzer-IsoLink CN. Values of δ¹³C were reported in ‰ relative to ¹³C standards (IAEA-CH-3, cellulose, and IAEA-600 caffeine), and the analytic precision was ≤0.2‰ (n = 10). For POC ¹⁴C measurements, the pretreated filters were placed separately in double quartz tubes (precombusted at 850°C for 2 hours) with CuO and Ag wires added. The tubes were then evacuated on a vacuum line, flame sealed, and combusted at 850°C for 2 hours (Druffel et al., 1992). CO₂ resulting from POC oxidation was collected cryogenically and quantified monometrically on a vacuum line. The purified CO₂ was converted to graphite using the closed tube iron reduction method (Xu et al., 2007; Walker et al., 2019) and ¹⁴C was measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS, NEC 0.5MV XCAMS). Δ¹⁴C results were reported, and conventional radiocarbon ages [years before present (BP)] were calculated based on the study by Stuiver and Polach (1977).
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Hastings, Meredith; Schiebel, Hayley N. (2024). Total organic carbon content, total nitrogen content, and carbon isotope (13C and 14C) composition of atmospheric particulates from aerosol samples collected on the R/V Dong Fang Hong-3 in the western North Pacific from October to December 2019 (NCEI Accession 0291488). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0291488. Accessed [date].
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