Innovative transportable laboratories for polar science
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the British Antarctic Survey have built a transportable laboratory facility, named the Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory, to accommodate new scientific research on and from the western Antarctic Peninsula. The design provides a flexible, modular, plug...
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ftnioz:oai:imis.nioz.nl:295013 2023-05-15T13:47:57+02:00 Innovative transportable laboratories for polar science Noor, L.H.W. van der Kroef, D.A. Wattam, D. Pinnock, M. van Rossum, R. Smit, M.G. Brussaard, C.P.D. 2018 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/62/313662.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000433492400003 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/.org/10.1017/S0032247418000050 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/62/313662.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EPolar+Rec.+54%281%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+18-28.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1017%2FS0032247418000050%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1017%2FS0032247418000050%3C%2Fa%3E info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftnioz https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247418000050 2022-05-01T14:07:29Z The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the British Antarctic Survey have built a transportable laboratory facility, named the Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory, to accommodate new scientific research on and from the western Antarctic Peninsula. The design provides a flexible, modular, plug-and-play, innovative and sustainable laboratory setup. The docking station houses four 20-foot ISO standard high-cube containers, each of which contains a different laboratory. Special technological features were used to minimise the environmental impact. The four laboratory containers are flexible and can be installed and used as required, and renewed or removed when necessary. The container laboratories have provided, since opening in 2013, enhanced facilities for global climate change research through studying the community composition of phytoplankton; the ecological impact of virus-induced mortality in different phytoplankton groups; dimethylsulphide and brominated compound fluxes; and CO2 concentrations and trace elements in sea water. Transportable research laboratory facilities provide an effective and efficient approach for undertaking scientific research in challenging environments and might be the start of a new way of undertaking research, including exchanging laboratory modules between research stations in Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica British Antarctic Survey NIOZ Repository (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Polar Record 54 1 18 28 |
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The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the British Antarctic Survey have built a transportable laboratory facility, named the Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory, to accommodate new scientific research on and from the western Antarctic Peninsula. The design provides a flexible, modular, plug-and-play, innovative and sustainable laboratory setup. The docking station houses four 20-foot ISO standard high-cube containers, each of which contains a different laboratory. Special technological features were used to minimise the environmental impact. The four laboratory containers are flexible and can be installed and used as required, and renewed or removed when necessary. The container laboratories have provided, since opening in 2013, enhanced facilities for global climate change research through studying the community composition of phytoplankton; the ecological impact of virus-induced mortality in different phytoplankton groups; dimethylsulphide and brominated compound fluxes; and CO2 concentrations and trace elements in sea water. Transportable research laboratory facilities provide an effective and efficient approach for undertaking scientific research in challenging environments and might be the start of a new way of undertaking research, including exchanging laboratory modules between research stations in Antarctica. |
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