A Concentração de sódio no testemunho de gelo da Ilha James Ross como indicador da variabilidade da extensão do gelo marinho

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

This dissertation investigates the relationship between the sodium concentration in an ice core (D98) from James Ross Island (Antarctica) and the area covered by sea ice in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas during the 1979¿1991 period. The D98 total sodium content derives from samples analyzed by Joseph McConnell (McConnell et al., 2007). Sea ice coverage variations in the two seas come from data provided by algorithm of the NASA Team algorithm at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), determined from the brightness temperature recorded by satellite sensors such as the Scanning Multi-Channel Microwave Radiometer and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager. Using ArcGIS 9.3 software, the monthly sea ice coverage area in those seas was calculated. Data from the Antarctic meteorological station Marambio (Argentinean) originates from the Project Reference Data for Environmental Research (READER). To determine the wind direction at altitude, NCEP/NCAR reanalysis of the wind vector mean composition at 850 and 700 mb levels were run, indicating the predominance of westerly winds in James Ross Island region. Pearson s regression between the D98 sodium concentration D98 and wind speed at Marambio is weak (r = ¿0.16). To test whether the D98 total sodium concentration could be considered a proxy for the sea ice extent in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas, this investigation calculated the correlation between the two series. A relatively high correlation coefficient (r = ¿0.60) and statiscally significant (p <0.001) indicates that the Na concentration in the D98 core is strongly associated to the extent of sea ice in those seas. Or in other words, the total sodium concentration can be considered a proxy of the sea ice extent in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas, and supports the hypothesis that Na present in the D98 originates mainly from sea spray of these seas. During the period analyzed, the relationship between the total concentration of sodium and the sea ice extent in the two seas is represented by the equation: Concentração Na anual (ppb) = 1056,1 - 548,59 área coberta gelo marinho (106 km²).

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james ross, ilha (antártica) geologia marinha testemunhos de gelo

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