Trace Gas Biogeochemistry

The research interests of the working group can be described by the following points:

• Open ocean and coastal biogeochemistry of nitrogen, carbon and sulphur
• Special focus on upwelling regions/OMZ, the Arctic Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Cycling and emissions of oceanic trace gases (N₂O, NO, CH₄, CO, DMS)
• Development of underwater trace gas sensors
• Measurements of short-lived intermediates of the nitrogen and sulphur cycles (NH₂OH, NO, DMSP and DMSO)
• Biogeochemical time-series observations
• ¹⁵N isotope signature of dissolved nitrate

Projects

The Research Unit is involved in a variety of projects: 

• Boknis Eck Time-Series Station (Eckernförde Bay, SW Baltic Sea)
• MEMENTO (The MarinE MethanE and NiTrous Oxide database)
• SCOR WG #143
• Member of the IIOE-2 (2^nd Internatl. Indian Ocean Expedition) core group
• NITROSO (Nitrous oxide in the Southern Ocean), Sino-German project funded by SOA and BMBF
• BONUS INTEGRAL (Integrated carbon and trace gas monitoring in the Baltic Sea), funded by EU and BMBF
• PETRA (Pathways and emissions of cliamte-relevant trace gases in achanging Arctic Ocean), UK-German project funded by NERC and BMBF
• Nitric oxide (NO) in the Ocean, funded by DAAD
• Carbon monoxide (CO) in the coastal ocean, funded by CSC
• Measurements of isotopic signatures and short-lived tracers of nitrogen cycle processes in the Baltic Sea, funded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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