MRI: Acquisition of Gas fluxes and Analyzers to Strengthen Interdisciplinary Research and Education at Murray State University

MRI：采购气体通量和分析仪以加强默里州立大学的跨学科研究和教育

• 批准号: 2215877
• 负责人: Bassil El-Masri
• 金额: $ 29.79万
• 依托单位: Murray State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2215877&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Gas; fluxes; Analyzers

An award is made to Murray State University (MSU) to study the effects of changing climate on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wetland and upland ecosystems. Given the climatic importance of the production and consumption of GHGs on land, this project will raise public awareness in protecting the local environment through monitoring and model development. The project will improve infrastructure at MSU for multidisciplinary research, training, and teaching of MSU students. This infrastructure will allow MSU faculty to conduct innovative research and increase student participation in cutting edge scientific inquiry. The system acquired through this research will be integrated into the curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate courses, including 6 courses being taught by the project team across the Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology Departments, to provide enhanced training and teaching activities for more than 100 MSU students each year. The acquisition of the equipment will strengthen the project team abilities to attract women, first generation, and underrepresented students to the field and provide them with opportunities to strengthen their research skills and foster the development of successful future scientists. The research results will be disseminated to the public through web-based interactive activities in local farmer’s markets and MSU national public radio to help the public understand the carbon cycle.The equipment supported by this project will allow for real-time analysis of the soil-vegetation-atmosphere of GHGs exchanges including canopy carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and methane (CH4), and soil CO2, H2O, CH4, and nitrogen oxide (N2O). The soil CO2, O2, and CH4 sensors, co-located with gas analyzer systems and installed at different depths, yields insight into below ground reactions that produce or consume GHG. This integrated system will be used on research projects ranging from plant physiology, ecology, climate change to combined soil-vegetation atmosphere interactions. Specifically, the system will be used to address questions related to climate change effects on GHG exchange in a wetland ecosystem, soil greenhouse emissions in hydric soils, tree stem CH4 and N2O emissions, and variability of soil greenhouse gasses concentrations. The acquisition will allow the project team to conduct cutting-edge research projects that would be otherwise impossible at MSU. It will elevate student active learning and research experience and faculty research productivity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

向默里州立大学（MSU）颁发了奖励，以研究湿地和高地生态系统中气候变化对温室气体（GHG）排放的影响。鉴于温室气体在土地上的生产和消费的气候重要性，该项目将通过监测和模型开发来提高公众在保护当地环境方面的认识。该项目将改善MSU的基础设施，用于MSU学生的多学科研究，培训和教学。该基础设施将使MSU教师能够进行创新的研究并增加学生参与最前沿的科学探究。通过这项研究获得的系统将集成到本科和研究生课程的课程中，包括在地球各地的项目团队教授的6个课程，以及环境科学和生物学部门，为每年超过100个MSU学生提供增强的培训和教学活动。设备的采购将增强项目团队的能力，以吸引妇女，第一代和代表性不足的学生进入该领域，并为他们提供增强其研究技能并促进成功未来科学家发展的机会。 The research results will be disseminated to the public through web-based interactive activities in local farmer’s markets and MSU national public radio to help the public understand the carbon cycle.The equipment supported by this project will allow for real-time analysis of the soil-vegetation-atmosphere of GHGs exchanges including canopy carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and methane (CH4), and soil CO2, H2O, CH4, and nitrogen氧化物（N2O）。土壤二氧化碳，O2和CH4传感器与气体分析仪系统共同分散并安装在不同的深度上，可洞悉产生或消耗温室气体的地下反应。综合系统将用于研究项目，从植物生理，生态学，气候变化到结合土壤植物氛围的互动。具体而言，该系统将用于解决与气候变化对湿地生态系统中温室气体交换的影响有关的问题，水土土壤中的土壤温室排放，树干CH4和N2O排放以及土壤温室气体浓度的可变性。此次收购将使项目团队能够进行较高的研究项目，而MSU否则就不可能。它将提高学生的积极学习和研究经验和教师研究生产力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。