News for Summer/Fall 2009 ...
- Nov: SOLAS Conf. (Barcelona, Spain)
- Oct: Pontoon flux pics (Piseco Lake, NY)
- Sep: CO2 conference (Jena, Germany)
- Sep: JGR paper in press
- Sep: NSF award: lake-atm. gas exchange
- Aug: GRL paper published
- Aug: Download N. Atlantic Cruise Data
- Aug: NSF award: air-sea gas exchange
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Our focus is on the interactions between the lowest levels of the atmosphere and the earth's surface - both terrestrial and water. The first few tens of meters of the atmosphere (the "surface layer") are coupled to earth's surface by the exchange of heat, momentum, and trace gases. These fluxes are driven to a large degree by atmospheric turbulence. The focus of this research is to measure these fluxes directly in the field using micrometeorological techniques such as eddy covariance in order to better understand (and parameterize) the processes that control them. One use of these results is to improve the representation of these processes in climate models, which are used to address questions regarding current and future biogeochemical cycles and climate. This research covers a broad range of topics that has involved collaborations with physical and chemical oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, hydrologists, limnologists, and meteorologists. For descriptions of these projects, and links to publications, presentations, and data sets, surf the lab's web pages. For an overview of micrometeorology, see Wikipedia: Microscale Meteorology. For a description of eddy covariance, see Wikipedia: Eddy Covariance. |