日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会

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セッション記号 A (大気水圏科学) » A-AS 大気科学・気象学・大気環境

[A-AS06] 大気化学

2018年5月23日(水) 17:15 〜 18:30 ポスター会場 (幕張メッセ国際展示場 7ホール)

コンビーナ:岩本 洋子(広島大学 生物圏科学研究科)、中山 智喜(長崎大学 大学院水産・環境科学総合研究科)、豊田 栄(東京工業大学物質理工学院、共同)、江口 菜穂(Kyushu University)

[AAS06-P16] 長期観測に基づく能登半島における新粒子生成イベントの発生要因

表野 宏之1木ノ内 健人1鶴丸 央3,4岩本 洋子2古家 正規1唐 寧4、*松木 篤4 (1.金沢大学自然科学研究科、2.広島大学大学院生物圏科学研究科 、3.東京都環境科学研究所、4.金沢大学環日本海域環境研究センター)

キーワード:エアロゾル、新粒子生成、吸湿性

The process by which new particles are formed from gaseouss precursors in the atmosphere is one of the main factors that affect the number size distribution of aerosol particles. Since new particle formation (NPF) is a first step for the aerosol particles to take shape and eventually act as Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN), it is important in understanding the contributions of aerosols on the climate and air quality. During the last couple of decades, NPFs have been observed to take place in many different environmental settings in the world. However, previous research is mostly based on case studies that covered only several weeks to several months, and there have been few reports so far on seasonal characteristics of NPF based on long term observation in coastal East Asia.
We observed particle size distributions, trace gas (SO2) and meteorological parameters (solar radiation, temperature and relative humidity) at NOTOGRO (37.45°N, 137.36°E, acronym for NOTO Ground-based Research Observatory) located in Suzu City at the tip of Noto Peninsula from October, 2012 to June, 2017. In addition, hygroscopicity of particles were measured using a CCN counter.
Based on 1,262 days' worth of long term observation, we observed in total 126 NPF events. A distinct seasonality was found in terms of the NPF event frequency and spring (May) and autumn (November) were found with the highest frequencies. Comparison with other environmental parameters showed that, the values of the H2SO4 proxy tended to be high when NPF events occurred. This was also true in spring even when condensation sink (CS) was found to be rather high. In spring, cloud cover frequency was particularly low when NPF events occurred. These results suggested that spring events were most strongly affected by solar radiation (hence photochemistry).
In order to investigate on the chemical compounds contributing to the particle growth, the chemical components involved in the NPF was inferred from the particle hygroscopicity measured simultaneously by the CCN counter. The hygroscopicity of particles was found to be highest in winter and lowest in spring and summer. This result suggested that chemical compounds involved in the growth of new particles may vary depending on the season.