(Foto: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 3: The CTD is picked up by the ship's crane (Foto: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig. 4: The CTD is about to [...] is being deployed from the research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to determine electrical conductivity, [...] to be lowered into the water. (Foto: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

the Arctic Coastal Plain near Barrow (Alaska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.2: Northern part of the Mackenzie Delta (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.3: Flight pattern of Polar5 for measurements [...] (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.4: Vertical profiles of temperature (red) and methane concentration (blue) in the atmospheric boundary layer over Arctic permafrost wetland. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] from Arctic Wetlands (AirMeth) Fig.6: Polar5 flying at low lever over Arctic permafrost. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has a significant

the Arctic Coastal Plain near Barrow (Alaska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.2: Northern part of the Mackenzie Delta (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.3: Flight pattern of Polar5 for measurements [...] (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Fig.4: Vertical profiles of temperature (red) and methane concentration (blue) in the atmospheric boundary layer over Arctic permafrost wetland. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] from Arctic Wetlands (AirMeth) Fig.6: Polar5 flying at low lever over Arctic permafrost. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has a significant

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