A case study of eddy covariance flux of N2O measured within forest ecosystems: Quality control and flux error analysis

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-440

  Mammarella, I ^a   Werle, P ^b   Pihlatie, M ^a   Eugster, W ^c   Haapanala, S ^a   Kiese, R ^b   Markkanen, T ^d   Rannik, U ^a   Vesala, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLOW; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; NITROUS OXIDE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE GAS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 76649090980     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-427-2010     Document Type: Article

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