1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2019-042-FA

Identifier 2019-042-FA
Purpose Measure greenhouse gas (methane and CO2) water and fluxes across sea-air interface
Location Northern Greenland
Summary This project worked in conjunction with Stockholm University to measure the sea-air flux of methane and carbon dioxide.
Info derived surface water gas concentration subsurface water gas concentration sediment gas distribution
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-020-FA.
Projects
Platform
Other
Oden
Ice breaker: 107.8 m (354 ft) long; beam 31.0 m (101.7 ft); draft 7.0-8.5 m (23.0-27.9 ft)
Itinerary
Start Thule, Greenland 2019-08-04
End Thule, Greenland 2019-09-11
Days in the field 38
Bounds
West -66.54084
East -50.53812
North 82.578067
South 80.76486

Personnel

Organization
Stockholm,
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John PohlmanLee-Gray Boze
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
John Pohlman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Brett Thornton, University of Stockholm

Data types and categories

Data category: Geochemical, Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Surveys (geochemical), Methane, CO2, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
USGS-GAS Surveys (geochemical), Experiments (geochemical), Chemistry, Geochemical Monitoring, CO2, Methane (no data reported)
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) CO2, Methane, Experiments (geochemical), Surveys (geochemical), Chemistry 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Greenland2019 Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) Methane and carbon dioxide concentration data, environmental data, and calculations used to determine sea-air flux on the northern Greenland margin. Lee-Gray Boze

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity