Collaborative Research: Marine microgels: A microlayer source of summer CCN in high Arctic open leads

毕格罗海洋科学实验室和系统生物学研究所的研究人员已经获得了资金，用于识别和量化北冰洋中作为云凝结核的有机分子。他们正在研究北冰洋表面的有机颗粒形成微凝胶的可能性，这些微凝胶在空气中传播，并在云的形成中发挥重要作用。他们将通过各种化学分析来确定凝胶的来源。该项目将有助于了解层积云的动态及其对北极气候的影响。数据将与瑞典科学家合作收集，作为北极夏季云海研究（ASCOS）的一部分。

Investigators from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the Institute for Systems Biology have received funding to identify and quantify organic molecules in the Arctic Ocean that serve as cloud condensation nuclei. They are investigating the possibility that organic particles on the surface of the Arctic ocean form microgels which become airborne and play a significant role in cloud formation. They will determine the origins of the gels through a variety of chemical analyses. The project will help understand the dynamics of stratocumulus clouds and their effects on Arctic climate. Data will be collected in collaboration with Swedish scientists as part of the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS).