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Carbon Isotope Composition of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in Southern Poland: Imprint of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions in Regional Biosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Anna Pazdur ,
Tadeusz Kuc ,
Sławomira Pawełczyk ,
Natalia Piotrowska ,
Barbara Sensuła  and
Kazimierz Rozanski
Anna Pazdur*
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics, GADAM Centre of Excellence, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Tadeusz Kuc
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Sławomira Pawełczyk
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics, GADAM Centre of Excellence, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Natalia Piotrowska
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics, GADAM Centre of Excellence, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Barbara Sensuła
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics, GADAM Centre of Excellence, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Kazimierz Rozanski
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
*
2Corresponding author. Email: anna.pazdur@polsl.pl.
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Abstract

Southern Poland is home to numerous large mining and energy industry facilities, which consume relatively great amounts of fossil fuels. Temporal and spatial distribution of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere were estimated on the basis of 13C and 14C isotope measurements in atmospheric CO2 and in α-cellulose from pine tree rings. The Suess effect was evaluated in the atmospheric CO2 from the High Tatra Mountains (Kasprowy Wierch) and the urban area (Kraków), as well as in tree rings from Niepołomice Forest near Kraków. Two different models were used to estimate the emission component recorded in tree ring δ13C on the background of climatic changes.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 21st International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2) , 2013 , pp. 848 - 864
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Copyright © 2013 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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