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AARHUS UNIVERSITY November 2013 Villum Research Station Henrik Skov Professor, Research Director Morten Rasch and Bent Lorenzen Department of Environmental Science (ENVS) Aarhus University Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University Adjunct Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Grant from Villum Foundation 70,500,000 DKK http://envs.au.dk/en/research/facilities/villumresearchstation/ AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 The new station will be open year round › Base Station › Mobile Station › Air Station AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 All three sub-stations will be equipped with state of the art instruments › Well approved instruments › State of the art instrumentation › New development and custom built instruments AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Station Nord, Greenland 81o 36’N 16o39’ W Peary Land AARHUS UNIVERSITY Prinsesse Ingeborgs Halvø Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Vision › The infrastructure is envisioned as a novel platform to bring together researchers across scientific disciplines to set new standards for Arctic research. Internationally recognized experts will be gathered with the goal of significantly improving our understanding of how climate changes in the Arctic may induce changes in the cryosphere, oceanosphere, geosphere and atmosphere and thereby influence ecosystems and biogeochemical processes. AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Aim › The aim is to establish a unique state-of-the art research infrastructure in the High Arctic for investigating climate change and its effects on atmospheric, oceanographic, biological and geological conditions and processes in the Arctic. AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 ~100 m2 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Mobile Station › The aim of the mobile Station is to do atmospheric, terrestrial, sea-ice and marine research away from Station Nord (demanding overnight) AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov Mobile station (example Antarctic, Weaterhaven) 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Air Station › The aim of the Air Station is to provide a platform for studies of vertical profiles of the atmosphere to an altitude of a few kilometers, and to make aerial observations of snow, sea-ice and the terrestrial landscape by remote sensing. AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 UAVs › To be used for collecting scientific data that are hard to get using other platforms. Of particular interest is to apply UAVs to make missions that have previously been impossible. AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Station Nord – digital cyber infrastruktur Equipment › File server with large data storing capacity 30TB, stable operation › Application server for efficient analysis of large amounts of data › Remote sensing software license › GPS reference station ( available from DTU) › RTK GPS – high pracisions Field equipment (ruggedized to Arctic conditions) › Multispectral Imagery - Recording of major part of Prinsesse Ingeborgs Ø, World View(8-bands + panchromatic, 0.5-2 m resolution) › Elevation model - LiDAR recording of Prinsesse Ingeborgs Ø – (0.5 points/m2 = 1,6 m resolution) › Image database with SPOT/Sentinel, ESA and NASA Earth Observation Data Remote sensing data Level 1: Finest resolution , imagery and LiDaR data Level 4: Coarse resolution, imagery AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Station Nord – digital cyber infrastruktur Equipment › File server with large data storing capacity 30TB, stable operation › Application server for efficient analysis of large amounts of data › Remote sensing software license › GPS reference station ( available from DTU) › RTK GPS – high precisions Field equipment (ruggedized to Arctic conditions) › Multispectral Imagery - Recording of major part of Part of Peary land, World View- (8bands + panchromatic, 0.5-2 m resolution) › Elevation model - LiDAR recording of Part of Peary land – (0.5 points/m2 = 1,6 m resolution) › Image database with SPOT/Sentinel, ESA and NASA Earth Observation Data Remote sensing data Level 1: Finest resolution , imagery and LiDaR data Level 4: Coarse resolution, imagery AARHUS UNIVERSITY Air Station Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY › Species Measured: 1. Aromatics 2. Biogenic VOCs (isoprene, monoterpenes) 3. Alcohols 4. Ketones 5. Acids 6. Aldehydes 7. Nitriles 8. Peroxy nitrates 9. Dimethyl sulfide Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY SP-AMS instrument T.B. Onasch et al. 2012 Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 Field Campaigns › 2014 in Peary land North of Villum Research Station › 2015 on the ice › 2016 a campaign south of Villum Research Station › 2017 ????? AARHUS UNIVERSITY Henrik Skov See you at Villum Research Station 7 November 2013 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Acknowledgement Henrik Skov 7 November 2013 The Danish Environmental Protection Agency financially supported this work with means from the MIKA/DANCEA funds for Environmental Support to the Arctic Region. Nordic Centre of Excellence CRAICC and EU 7th Framework program is acknowledged for financial support. The Royal Danish Air Force is acknowledged for providing free transport to Station Nord, and the staff at Station Nord is especially acknowledged for excellent support. Villum Foundation is acknowledged for the large grant making it possible to build the new research station at Station Nord.