Project

Het ontrafelen van fijnstofchemie in Dronning Maud Land: van atmosfeer tot sneeuwoppervlak

Code
12K00118
Looptijd
01-04-2018 → 15-04-2022
Financiering
Federale middelen: divers
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Analytical separation and detection techniques
    • Atmospheric chemistry
Trefwoorden
Antarctica luchtkwaliteit chemische analyse atmosfeer modellering
 
Projectomschrijving

Atmospheric composition change is a main driver of present and near-future climate change with airborne particles (AP) playing a major role therein. The impact of mineral AP as a major source of micronutrients (e.g. Fe) in the so-called "High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll" oceanic zones (like the Southern Ocean) that affects the global CO2 cycling, illustrates the close and complex relationships between the composition of atmospheric particles and global climate. In addition, atmospheric particles interact via scattering and absorption with radiation and have an impact on the energy balance in the atmospheric and at the surface. They also act as cloud condensation and ice nuclei and therefore play a crucial role in the formation of clouds, affecting both their radiative properties and precipitation.