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Project Code [2006-PhD-AQ-4]
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Project title
Total Carbon Balance of a Blanket Peat Catchment
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Cork (UCC)
Lead Applicant
Gerard Kiely
Project Abstract
An assessment of the carbon sink source potential of peatlands should include the losses of carbon in streamwater in addition to the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4. The aim of the project is to determine the total carbon balance of a blanket peatland. This will be achieved by determining CO2 exchange using eddy covariance field measurements CH4 emissions using static chambers and dissolved organic carbon input in rainfall and loss in streamwater. A model will be developed to assess the effect of changing climate scenarios on the carbon balance of a pristine peatland in the west of Ireland.
Grant Approved
�90,000.00
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sinks, and Management Systems
Initial Projected Completion Date
14/10/2013