Collaborative Research: Global Distribution of Diurnal Cycles and Long Term Changes in Cloud Amounts from Surface Observations

该奖项为一项研究提供资金，以测试特定脂类的同位素组成在多大程度上跟踪水和湖泊中溶解的无机碳的同位素组成的变化。该项目将使用需要新的和未经证实的分析方法来测量所涉及的极小样本的碳和氢同位素的分析。如果成功，该项目将为古气候重建提供一个有价值的新的同位素组成替代测量方法。

This award provides funds to support a study to test how well the isotopic composition of specific lipids track changes in the isotopic composition of water and dissolved inorganic carbon in lakes. The project will use analyses that require new and unproven analytical methods for measuring carbon and hydrogen isotopes on the extremely small samples involved. If successful, the project will provide a valuable new proxy measurement of isotopic compositions for paleoclimatic reconstructions.