U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: On Carbon Dioxide inthe Atmosphere

该奖项为布鲁克海文国家实验室的乔治·亨德利博士指导的一个美国研究小组提供支持，该小组将前往新西兰，为期两年，在新西兰北帕默斯顿政府机构的布鲁斯·坎贝尔博士和保罗·牛顿博士领导下与研究人员一起工作。新西兰政府和大学研究人员提议建立一个自由空气二氧化碳富集（FACE）实验，以研究大气中二氧化碳富集对草原的影响。预计大气中二氧化碳的增加将导致陆地植物生产和碳储存的变化，这可能对大气二氧化碳的增加速度产生反馈调节。hendry博士领导的团队参与了这项实验的构思，并将设计FACE设备，建造电子控制组件，在新西兰安装设备，并提供技术支持和培训，以确保手术成功。这个美国小组开发了一种技术手段，可以在没有任何形式的遏制措施的情况下，在开阔的野外环境中保持对二氧化碳浓度的严密控制。新西兰的这个项目得到了研究、科学和技术部（MORST）指导下的公益科学基金的支持。

This award provides support for a team of U.S. investigators under the direction of Dr. George Hendrey of the Brookhaven National Laboratory to travel to New Zealand over a two year period to work with researchers under the leadership of Dr. Bruce Campbell and Dr. Paul Newton at government facilities in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Government and university investigators in New Zealand have proposed establishing a free- air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiment to investigate the effects of CO2 enrichment of the atmosphere on a grassland. Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is expected to result in changes in terrestrial plant production and carbon storage that may exert feedback regulation on the rate of increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The team under Dr. Hendrey has collaborated in the conception of this experiment and will design the FACE apparatus, build electronic control assemblies, erect the apparatus in New Zealand, and provide technical support and training to insure the success of the operation. The U.S. group has developed the technological means for maintaining close control over carbon dioxide concentrations in an open field setting without any form of containment. Support for this project in New Zealand comes from the Public Good Science Fund under the direction of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MORST).