Snow Nitrate Isotopes in Central Antarctica Record the Prolonged Period of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion From ∼1960 to 2000

Guitao Shi; Ye Hu; Hongmei Ma; Su Jiang; Zhenlou Chen; Zhengyi Hu; Chunlei An; Bo Sun; Meredith G. Hastings

doi:10.1029/2022GL098986

Snow Nitrate Isotopes in Central Antarctica Record the Prolonged Period of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion From ∼1960 to 2000

Guitao Shi^*
, Ye Hu
, Hongmei Ma
, Su Jiang
, Zhenlou Chen
, Zhengyi Hu
, Chunlei An
, Bo Sun
, Meredith G. Hastings

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Interpretation of NO₃⁻ variability recorded in ice cores remains challenging as it can be lost from snow. Here, we present 60-year records of NO₃⁻ and its isotopic composition (δ¹⁵N, δ¹⁸O, and Δ¹⁷O) in snow in central Antarctica, Dome A. In the upper ∼90 cm snowpack, variations in concentration and isotopic composition of NO₃⁻ are dominated by photolytic loss, and δ¹⁸O and Δ¹⁷O of NO₃⁻ are associated with the recycling of NO_x to NO₃⁻ in the condensed phase driven by photolysis. In the deeper snowpack (∼1960–2000), we observe prolonged trends in concentration and isotopic composition of NO₃⁻, which are best explained as enhanced snow NO₃⁻ photolysis due to long-term decreasing total column ozone (TCO). That is, the prolonged period of trends in NO₃⁻ and its isotopes in extremely low snow accumulation sites such as Dome A relay information on variations in TCO and consequently surface solar ultraviolet radiation over time.

Original language	English
Article number	e2022GL098986
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	49
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098986
State	Published - 16 Jul 2022
Externally published	Yes

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central Antarctica
ice core nitrate
nitrogen and oxygen isotopes
stratospheric ozone depletion

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