YEAR-ROUND DETERMINATION OF METHANE (CH4) SOURCES AND SINKS IN ARCTIC LAKES USING CONTINUOUS AND AUTONOMOUS SAMPLING ...

• Main Author: McIntosh Marcek, Hadley
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland 2020
• Subjects: Geochemistry; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Chemical oceanography; Diffusion; Lakes; Mackenzie Delta; Methane; OsmoSampler; Radiocarbon; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/luol-c9hv; http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/26266

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas and its concentration has been increasing in the atmosphere. While natural emissions from inland water bodies are known to be important, there is large uncertainty in the amount of methane released from lakes to the atmosphere, especially from Northern latitu...