Welcome
Established by Professor Peter Liss, the Group carries out research mainly in the area of air-sea exchange of trace gases. This involves studies of gases such as dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and related compounds (DMSP, DMSO, Acrylic Acid), organo-halogens, alkyl nitrates, non-methane hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia and methylamines and some volatile trace metals. We are interested in the processes of formation and destruction of these gases in seawater, how they cross the air-sea interface and how the rate of interfacial transfer can be parameterised and quantified. These gases are reactive in the atmosphere and are important in aspects of air chemistry (including redox and acid-base chemistry) and the radiation balance of the atmosphere via the formation of particles.
FOR THE GROUPGroup meetings for the 2010–2011 academic year will be at 1600 on Wednesdays in the LGMAC Seminar Room. Dates have been allocated for October to February as shown below. For your date please prepare to give an informal talk or lead a group discussion. If you are giving a talk at a meeting then do a trial run and get feedback from the group. Alternatively you could lead discussion of a paper (please circulate ahead) or on an interesting topic of relevance to the Group.
If you need to change your allocated date please agree a swop with someone else in the Group and send an email to everyone to let us know.
A list of who has led the group meeting in the October 2010 to February 2011 period can be found under ‘resources’.
MARCH:
2nd Peter Liss – paper discussion
9th cancelled
16th Sian Foch-Gatrell – Use of Turner Fluorometer
23rd Matthew Jones – research on UEA Broad
30th Sian – practise for spring school talk
APRIL
6th Claire Hughes – practise for NL meeting talk
Watch this space :)