- Title:
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Mobile Lab Fills Greenhouse Gas Knowledge Gap
- Date:
- March 2010
- Organisations
- BCRC
- Authors:
- The authors are all at the University of Sydney, where Professor Mark Adams is Dean
of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Dr Robert Simpson is a
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Mike Kemp is a Technical Officer. -
Location:
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Australia,
Australia
Overview
This research project resulted in the design and construction of a groundbreaking Rapid Deployment Greenhouse Gas Laboratory (RDGG-Lab) for use in remote locations, which is capable of working independently and continuously for several days, measuring multiple gases simultaneously. This
Fire Note details how the RDGG-Lab has been deployed in alpine, sub-alpine and montane ecosystems in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) over the past three years, measuring fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen dioxide in burnt and unburnt study sites, resulting in highly significant insights that will be invaluable for future modelling scenarios, and for general knowledge of the impact of fire on greenhouse gases in soils.
