Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/G/S/2003/00024
Alkyl nitrates and organo-halogens in the Antarctic: production in seawater and role in atmospheric chemistry.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Liss, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Turner, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Clarke, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Grant held at:
- University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Tropospheric Processes
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Abstract:
- We have recently shown that the oceans are a source of methyl and ethyl nitrate to the air, providing the first direct evidence for the oceanic source invoked by atmospheric investigators. Thus, the oceans potentially play an important role in atmospheric reactive nitrogen chemistry. We propose to extend the latitudinal range for seawater data into the Southern Ocean, which will allow the 1st assessment of polar sea-to-air fluxes. Production mechanisms of the alkyl nitrates will be studied in the laboratory at UEA and in inshore waters at Rothera. Inter alia, the results of this study will provide valuable support for the atmospheric alkyl nitrate and halocarbon measurements being made in the Chablis programme at Halley.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/G/S/2003/00024
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- AFI Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- AFI
This grant award has a total value of £188,368
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2,249 | £98,454 | £34,878 | £7,500 | £45,289 |
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