A sea-going chamber for measuring climate gas flux in the Arctic Ocean
Name of applicant
Lise Lotte Sørensen
Title
Professor
Institution
Aarhus University
Amount
DKK 530,747
Year
2023
Type of grant
Research Infrastructure
Summary
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) produced by marine algae can influence climate. It is therefore important to evaluate oceanic VOC production, especially in ecologically vulnerable regions such as the Arctic. To measure how much VOC is released from the Arctic Ocean into the atmosphere, we aim to build a floating chamber that can automatically sample VOC in difficult conditions of the open sea.