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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2022-94
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2022-94
19 Dec 2022
 | 19 Dec 2022
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal CP.

Evaluating the 11-year solar cycle and short-term 10Be deposition events with novel excess water samples from the EGRIP project

Chiara I. Paleari, Florian Mekhaldi, Tobias Erhardt, Minjie Zheng, Marcus Christl, Florian Adolphi, Maria Hörhold, and Raimund Muscheler

Abstract. 10Be is produced by the interaction between galactic cosmic rays (GCR) and solar energetic particles (SEP) with the Earth’s atmospheric constituents. The flux of GCR is modulated by the varying strength of the magnetic fields of the Earth and the Sun. Measurement of 10Be concentrations from polar ice cores is thus a valuable tool to reconstruct the variations of the geomagnetic field and solar activity levels. The interpretation of 10Be records is, however, complicated by non-production related effects on the 10Be deposition rate caused by climate/weather induced noise. Furthermore, volcanic eruptions have been proposed to lead to short-term 10Be deposition enhancements. In this study, we test the use of excess meltwater from continuous flow analysis (CFA) to measure 10Be, allowing less time-consuming and more cost-effective sample preparation. We compare two records obtained from CFA and discrete samples from the EGRIP S6 firn core, reaching back to 1900 CE. We find that the two records agree well and that the 10Be record from CFA samples agrees as well as the discrete samples with other records from Greenland. Furthermore, by subtracting the theoretically expected GCR-induced signal, we investigate the high-frequency variability of the 10Be records from Greenland and Antarctica after 1951 CE, with focus on SEP events and volcanic eruptions. Finally, we use the 10Be records from Greenland and Antarctica to study the 11-year solar cycles, allowing us to assess the suitability of the CFA samples for the reconstruction of solar activity. This result opens new opportunities for the collection of continuous 10Be records with less time-consuming sample preparation while saving an important portion of the ice cores for other measurements.

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Status: final response (author comments only)

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on cp-2022-94', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Jan 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Chiara Ileana Paleari, 07 Jun 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on cp-2022-94', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Mar 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Chiara Ileana Paleari, 07 Jun 2023
  • RC3: 'Comment on cp-2022-94', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Apr 2023
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Chiara Ileana Paleari, 07 Jun 2023

Chiara I. Paleari et al.

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In this study we test the use of excess meltwater from continuous flow analysis from a firn core from Greenland for the measurement of 10Be for solar activity reconstructions. We show that the quality of results is similar to the measurements on clean firn which opens the possibility to obtain continuous 10Be records without requiring large amounts of clean ice. Furthermore, we investigate the possibility to identify solar storm signals in 10Be records from Greenland and Antarctica.