Short-term CO2(g) exchange between a shallow karstic cavity and the external atmosphere during summer: Role of the surface soil layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1418-1427

  Cuezva, S ^a   Fernandez Cortes, A ^a   Benavente, D ^b   Serrano Ortiz, P ^c   Kowalski, A S ^d,e   Sanchez Moral, S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Epikarst; Evapotranspiration; Global carbon cycle; Soil porosity; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; AIR MOVEMENT; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CAVE ATMOSPHERE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIKARST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS EXCHANGE PROCESS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HOST ROCKS; KARSTIC CAVITIES; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; POROUS SYSTEM; SOIL PORES; SOIL POROSITY; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAVES; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POROSITY; VENTILATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HOST ROCK; HUMIDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KARST; MEMBRANE; MICROCLIMATE; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMIDITY; HYPOTHESIS; MICROCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SURFACE SOIL;

EID: 79451470437     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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