Seasonal distribution of methane in the surface water and the water column of selected areas of the Baltic Sea

Wanda Gülzow

doi:10.18453/rosdok_id00001092

Wanda Gülzow

Seasonal distribution of methane in the surface water and the water column of selected areas of the Baltic Sea

Universität Rostock, 2012

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00001092

Abstract: To observe long time changes of the greenhouse gas methane great efforts are made to determine its sources and sinks within a global atmospheric methane budget. Methane emissions from marine environments encounter large uncertainties due to the lack of data and adequate measuring facilities. In this thesis a new system is presented, which allows the continuous and autonomous measurement of methane and carbon dioxide in surface waters of the Baltic Sea. It permits measurements with an unrivaled spatio-temporal resolution and the identification of influencing parameters and processes.

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title:

Seasonal distribution of methane in the surface water and the water column of selected areas of the Baltic Sea

other title:

Saisonale Methanverteilung im Oberflächenwasser und der Wassersäule für ausgewählte Gebiete der Ostsee [translated]

contributing persons:

Wanda Gülzow[VerfasserIn]
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Gregor Rehder , Prof. Dr. rer. nat.[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
Ralf Zimmermann , Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]

contributing corporate bodies:

Universität Rostock, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	2147083-2

abstract:

To observe long time changes of the greenhouse gas methane great efforts are made to determine its sources and sinks within a global atmospheric methane budget. Methane emissions from marine environments encounter large uncertainties due to the lack of data and adequate measuring facilities. In this thesis a new system is presented, which allows the continuous and autonomous measurement of methane and carbon dioxide in surface waters of the Baltic Sea. It permits measurements with an unrivaled spatio-temporal resolution and the identification of influencing parameters and processes. [English]

Um Langzeitveränderungen des Treibhausgases Methan im Rahmen eines globalen, atmosphärischen Budgets zu überwachen, werden große Anstrengungen unternommen, die Quellen und Senken von Methan zu ermitteln. Für eine Bestimmung der Quellstärke mariner Umgebungen fehlen bisher zuverlässige Datenmengen und genaue Messmethoden. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein neues Messsystem vorgestellt, welches das kontinuierliche und autonome Erfassen von Methan- und Kohlenstoffdioxid im Oberflächenwasser der Ostsee ermöglicht. Das System erlaubt eine konkurrenzlose zeitlich-räumliche Datenauflösung. [German]

document type:

doctoral thesis

institution:

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

language:

English

subject class (DDC):

540 Chemistry & allied sciences

publication /
production:

Rostock: Universität Rostock

2012

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