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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-042-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Stockholm University

Funding Program(s): USGS GAS HYDRATES (LQ000FP)

Principal Investigator(s): Lee-Gray Boze, John Pohlman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Brett Thornton, University of Stockholm

Information Specialist(s): John Pohlman

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Environmental Data: Methane, Environmental Data: CO2, Sampling: Chemistry

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure greenhouse gas (methane and CO2) water and fluxes across sea-air interface

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Thule, Greenland

End Port/Location: Thule, Greenland

Start Date: 2019-08-04

End Date: 2019-09-11

Equipment Used: USGS-GAS, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS)

Information to be Derived: surface water gas concentration subsurface water gas concentration sediment gas distribution

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This project worked in conjunction with Stockholm University to measure the sea-air flux of methane and carbon dioxide.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-020-FA.

Location:

Northern Greenland

Boundaries
North: 82.578067 South: 80.76486 West: -66.54084 East: -50.53812

Platform(s):


Other
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Publications

Boze, L.G., Thornton, B., Pohlman, J.W., and Ruppel, C.D., 2024, Methane and carbon dioxide concentration data, environmental data, and calculations used to determine sea-air flux on the northern Greenland margin: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P15TMWWP.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
USGS-GAS --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
Chemistry
Geochemical Monitoring
CO2
Methane
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) --- CO2
Methane
Experiments (geochemical)
Surveys (geochemical)
Chemistry
Greenland2019 (Methane and carbon dioxide concentration data, environmental data, and calculations used to determine sea-air flux on the northern Greenland margin. )

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