The Mechanism of Meteorological and Environmental Changes

We aim for the elucidation of the mechanism of climate and evironmental changes for 800kyr.

One of the informations extracted from ice core is dust concentration variation. Dust concentration in ice core increases with the decrease of air temperature, that can elicit that terrestrial dust soared in the air heavily because sea level decreased and land territory spread during glacier period. The mechanism is suggested that the dust pumped into the sea activate phytoplankton, and phytoplankton absorbed CO2, greenhouse gas, and the decrease of CO2 accelerated the global colding. We aim for the elucidation of such as mechanisms.

　

Climate information extracted from ice core analysis

Climate Signals		Analysis Elements
Climete Elements	Air temperature	Oxygen Isotope　D/H　Chlathlate-hydrate Content
	accumulation ratio	seasonal variation of E.C. etc.
	average accumulation	Time Markers
	Water Vapor volume	d-excess
	Atmospere Circulation	d-excess, Dust, Chemical species　Radio active isotope
	Air Species	air analysis（CO2 CH4など）
Evironmetal Elements	Volcanic Activity	E.C., pH, Anion, Heavy metal, Dust, permittivity
	Biological Activity	C isotope, MSA, Organic matter, pollen
	Dryness	Dust, Al, Ca
	Sea Ice Prevalence	sea-salt, MSA
	Solar Activity	Radio Isotope
	Geomagnetic Field	remanent magnetism
	Cosmic Matter	Cosmic dust
	Anthropogenic Matter	Anthropogenic matter
	Ice thickness	Air content, Clathrate-hydrate content
	Ice sheet stress	Grain size, c-axis
Ice Age	Seasonal variation	Oxygen isotope, D/H, E.C., pH, H2O2, sulphate
	Absolute index layer	T, volcanic ash
	Relative index layer	Oxygen istope in bubble, CH4
	Radio Isotope	210Pb　14C

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1.Ice Core as a Time Cupsule for Environmental Information 2.Approach to the Mysteries of the Mechanism of Glacier - Interglacier Cycle
3.The Mechanism of Meteorological and Environmental Changes, 4.Dome Fuji Station, 5.Deep Ice Drilling System, 6.Schedule

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