Vertical stratification of the air microbiome in the lower troposphere

• Main Authors: Drautz-Moses, Daniela Isabel, Luhung, Irvan, Gusareva, Elena S., Kee, Carmon, Gaultier, Nicolas Eugene, Premkrishnan, Balakrishnan N. V., Lee, Choou Fook, Leong, See Ting, Park, Changsook, Yap, Zhei Hwee, Heinle, Cassie Elizabeth, Lau, Kenny Jia Xu, Purbojati, Rikky Wenang, Lim, Serene Boon Yuean, Lim, Yee Hui, Kutmutia, Shruti Ketan, Aung, Ngu War, Oliveira, Elaine Lopes, Ng, Soo Guek, Dacanay, Justine, Ang, Poh Nee, Spence, Samuel D., Phung, Wen Jia, Wong, Anthony, Kennedy, Ryan J., Kalsi, Namrata, Sasi, Santhi Puramadathil, Chandrasekaran, Lakshmi, Uchida, Akira, Junqueira, Ana Carolina M., Kim, Hie Lim, Hankers, Rudolf, Feuerle, Thomas, Corsmeier, Ulrich, Schuster, Stephan Christoph
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Microbial Ecology; Bioaerosols
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162579
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The troposphere constitutes the final frontier of global ecosystem research due to technical challenges arising from its size, low biomass, and gaseous state. Using a vertical testing array comprising a meteorological tower and a research aircraft, we conducted synchronized measurements of meteorolo...