Interactions of snow on sea ice with atmospheric constituents including black carbon (C02)

• Subject Area: Atmospheric Science
• Term: from 2016 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268020496

Concurrent observations of atmospheric Black Carbon (BC), and BC in snow and surface properties are rare. Hence, this project will combine airborne and ground-based observations of aerosols and BC concentrations and snow optical properties to investigate their feedback mechanisms in Arctic regions. In-situ measurements of atmospheric BC (ground-based and airborne) along with sampling of BC in snow and remote sensing observations of snow properties will be merged.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3
• Applicant Institution: Universität Leipzig
• Co-Applicant Institution: Alfred-Wegener-Institut; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
• Project Heads: Dr. André Ehrlich; Professor Dr. Rüdiger Gerdes