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Information
The main objective of GHG-LAKE joint research programme is to
increase mobility and exchange of researchers between EU countries,
Russia and US to obtain better understanding of energy and
greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) budgets in lake
ecosystems at high-latitude, which are potentially most prone
to on-going and future climate changes. Factors controlling the
carbon cycles are investigated by means of intensive field
measurements and process based modelling. This program focuses
on four research aspects: 1) gas exchange processes; 2) carbon
cycle, including greenhouse gases (GHG) flux database
development for lacustrine ecosystems; 3) energy and greenhouse
gas flux measurements, including research and knowledge transfer
of key methodological aspects for comprehensive measurement sites;
4) process based biogeochemical modelling for GHGs production and
transport in water bodies, as well as state of art large eddy
simulation modelling for resolving non-homogeneous and
non-stationary atmospheric boundary layer flow over
heterogeneous surfaces (e.g. small lake surrounded by forest).
GHG-LAKE programme builds a basis for long-term collaboration
between the leading EU, Russian and US research organizations
in the area of limnology, GHGs monitoring and modelling and
climate change research in order to achieve new scientific
results and breakthroughs. The proposed programme is
interdisciplinary and the expected results will touch
in particular the environmental sciences, limnology,
biogeochemistry and micrometeorology research communities.
GHG-LAKE will exploit complementary expertise of the participant
organizations in order to create synergies among participants
and to establish long-lasting partnership. As multi- and
cross-disciplinary studies essential in climate change
research are lacking in Russia, this programme will
essentially also work towards an integrated approach
for future joint international projects.
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