Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Dalhousie University
$200,000.00
Ocean Science and Technology
FY 2024-25
Summary
The program will develop and deploy a sophisticated, unmanned observatory in the Labrador Sea and autonomous sensor systems on commercial vessels to investigate high frequency variations of CO2, O2, nutrients and biological properties over an annual cycle. The data will reveal how, and how fast oxygen is supplied from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, and how the Northwest Atlantic Ocean sequesters vast quantities of human-derived CO2. Complementary measurements and experiments in a fjord adjacent to Halifax, Nova Scotia will unravel complex controls on microbial and chemical processes which transform nitrogen-containing compounds and naturally-produced ozone-destroying gases within the ocean.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00093
Name nom
Wallace, Douglas
Department département
Oceanography - Dalhousie University
Organization id
79
Institution établissement
Dalhousie University
Province en
Nova Scotia
Province fr
Nouvelle-Écosse
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10505
Field of research list names en
Oceanography
Field of research list names fr
Océanographie
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Ocean Science and Technology
Keywords
Marine biogeochemistry; Air-sea gas exchange; CO2 uptake; Nitrogen cycle; Ocean time-series; Volunteer Observing Ship; Labrador Sea; Natural halocarbons; Ocean observatory
Application summary
The program will develop and deploy a sophisticated, unmanned observatory in the Labrador Sea and autonomous sensor systems on commercial vessels to investigate high frequency variations of CO2, O2, nutrients and biological properties over an annual cycle. The data will reveal how, and how fast oxygen is supplied from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, and how the Northwest Atlantic Ocean sequesters vast quantities of human-derived CO2. Complementary measurements and experiments in a fjord adjacent to Halifax, Nova Scotia will unravel complex controls on microbial and chemical processes which transform nitrogen-containing compounds and naturally-produced ozone-destroying gases within the ocean.
