Project record of Elementary Composition and sources of atmospheric aerosols above and around the North Sea

Information

Type
Project
Name
Elementary Composition and sources of atmospheric aerosols above and around the North Sea
Description @en
Objectives of the project: The collection of atmospheric aerosol samples above and in the vicinity of the North Sea and in the marine background areas. Determination of the chemical composition of the aerosols Investigation of the multi-component datasets to acquire informatie about the relative contribution of the different natural and antropogenic sources and of the source areas to the atmospheric concentrations of the fine and the coarse aerosol mass, the most important components of the aerosols and the heavy metals. Research of the physical and chemical transformations of the aerosol particles during the atmospheric transport and of the dry and wet flux flux between the atmosphere and the sea surface.
Description @nl
Doelstellingen van het project:
  • De collectie van atmosferische aerosolmonsters boven en in de nabijheid van de Noordzee en in mariene achtergrondsgebieden.
  • De bepaling van de chemische samenstelling van de aerosolen.
  • Het onderzoek van de multi-element (multi-component) gegevenssets om informatie te bekomen omtrent de relatieve bijdrage van de verschillende natuurlijke en antropogen bronnen en van de brongebieden tot de atmosferische concentraties van de fijne en grove aerosolmassa, de belangrijkste aerosolcomponenten en de zware metalen.
  • Het onderzoek naar de fysische en chemische transformaties van de aerosoldeeltjes tijdens het atmosferisch transport en naar het droge en natte flux tussen atmosfeer en zeewateroppervlak.
Start date
1990-10
End date
1995-12

Events

EMBRC-BE event

Institutes & people involved

Maenhaut Willy
associated with: Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Analytische Chemie; Onderzoeksgroep Troposferisch AĆ«rosolonderzoek en Nucleaire Micro-analyse
role: Promotor
Belgian Science Policy
role: Sponsor

Expertise

Atmospheric aerosols
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 614
Atmospheric composition
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 618
Chemical analysis
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1474
Coastal waters
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1653
Offshore
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5723
geographic terms
ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-07-04