Biogeophysics Research in Caribou Bog, Maine

These are some photos from field work in Caribou Bog (Orono, Maine, USA) where we are working on an NSF-funded project led by Dr. Lee Slater, Dr. Karina Schafer and Dr. Xavier Comas to investigate the role of peatlands in the global carbon cycle. This project combines geophysical measurements of the organic soil with gas flux measurements of methane to the atmosphere.

Here, new PhD student Zhongjie "Jay" Yu checks up on the automated gas sampling system.

Two undergraduate researchers Wagner and Paul make ground-penetrating radar measurements inside a tent constructed to allow instrument operation even in pouring rain.

A view of one of the pools in Caribou Bog with a gas flux chamber in the center of the shot.

Here Zhongjie and Neil Terry (also a new PhD student) make borehole ground-penetrating radar measurements.