CEEES - Measuring Greenhouse gas exchange from the St. Joseph River
Advanced techniques to measure the exchange of CO2, CH4, and N2O from rivers and streams are developed in the laboratory. The amount of these gases in the river is dictated by precipitation events, watershed run-off, agricultural run-off, river flow, time of day, time of year, the weather, and what is living in the river. In this project, water side and air side instrumentation will be deployed at the Notre Dame University St. Joseph River Observatory in Niles to measure the dynamics of gases and the exchange to the atmosphere.
The project includes instrument knowledge, maintenance, deployment, recovery, data processing, and scientific interpretation and dissemination.
This lab is multi-disciplinary with exposure to engineering design, instrument education, and laboratory and field work. Early career students in this laboratory always excel to exciting and adventurous professional trajectories in technology, science, and engineering.