[H-TT35_1PO1] Developments and applications of AMS techniques for earth and human environmental research

[HTT35-P13] Radiocarbon based source apportioning of PM2.5 carbonaceous aerosols at Cape Hedo, Okinawa and Fukue island, Japan

Masao UCHIDA¹, *Miyuki KONDO¹, Naoki KANEYASU², Takemitsu ARAKAKI³, Daishi HANDA³, Hidetoshi KUMATA⁴ (1.National Institute for Environmental Studies, 2.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 3.University of Ryukyus, 4.Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)

Keywords:Radiocarbon, PM2.5, aerosol, source apportioning

Radiocarbon (14C) analysis of the carbonaceous aerosol allows an apportionment of fossil and non-fossil sources of air-borne particulate matter (PM). A chemical separation of total carbon (TC) into its sub-fractions organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) refines this powerful technique, as OC and EC originate from different sources and undergo different processes in the atmosphere. Although 14C analysis of TC, EC and OC has recently gained increasing attention, Nowadays gigantic brownish haze from various burning and combustion processes is also blanketing India and surrounding land and oceans during the winter season. In China and surrounding countries, same kind of atmospheric pollution are widely observed and occurred as well. Additionally this soot-laden Brown Cloud is affecting South and East Asian climate as much or more than carbon dioxide and cause hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually, yet its sources have been poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the contribution of continent derived aerosol to Japan. Aerosol samples with diameter of 2.5mm were collected at Fukue island, one of Goto islands and at the Cape Hedo is located at the northern end of Okinawa Island. The 14C contents of EC of PM2.5 aerosols collected from October, 2009 and May, 2010 including the Kosa event in Cape Hedo and Fukue were measured. The 14C content represents in the unit of pMC . Results of EC-14C in both sites were 25-30pMC in Cape Hedo and 18-44pMC in Fukue, respectively. These results mean that relative apportions of biomass burning and fossil fuel were 25-30% and 18-44% in Cape Hedo and 25-35% and 65-75% in Fukue, respectively. The observed variations of pMC in Cape Hedo during February and March were relatively smaller than those of Fukue, which was more than 20%. According to back trajectory analysis in this duration, because ca. 70% of air mass in both sites was derived from the continent. The aerosols particulate matter to be transferred to Cape Hedo from continent would be relatively smaller than those to Fukue. Our data of EC-14C obtained during the Kosa event showed the relatively higher contribution of biomass burning sources in Fukue although these interpretation need to consider variation of the magnitude and concentration of EC in both sites. In further study we need to investigate details of the source of EC during this period.