Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150101649
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
GBR as a significant source of climatically relevant aerosol particles. Every cloud drop is formed from a microscopic aerosol particle, known as a cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). In unpolluted environments the CCN particles originate from biogenic sources. Determining the magnitude and driving factors of biogenic aerosol production in different ecosystems is crucial to the development and improvement of climate models. This project aims to determine the mechanisms of new particle production from one of the biggest ecosystems in Australia, the Great Barrier Reef. It is expected that the project will establish whether marine aerosol along the Queensland coast is coral-derived and show that this aerosol can affect the CCN concentration and therefore cloud formation and the hydrological cycle.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2015
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $263,500.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Atmospheric Dynamics | Atmospheric Aerosols | Atmospheric Sciences | Cloud Physics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Atmospheric Processes and Dynamics | Atmospheric Composition (incl. Greenhouse Gas Inventory) |
