High-frequency measurements of methane ebullition over a growing season at a temperate peatland site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Goodrich, Jordan P ^a   Varner, Ruth K ^a   Frolking, Steve ^a   Duncan, Bryan N ^b   Crill, Patrick M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; WETLANDS;

DIEL PATTERNS; FLUX CHAMBERS; GROWING SEASON; HEADSPACES; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; INTEGRATED CAVITY OUTPUT SPECTROSCOPIES; LOCAL TIME; METHANE EBULLITION; METHANE EMISSIONS; PEATLAND SITES; SEASONAL MEAN; TIME-SCALES; EBULLITION; METHANE FLUXES; PEAT LAND;

VAPORS; METHANE;

DIEL VARIATION; FEN; FLUX CHAMBER; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; PEATLAND; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE; WETLAND;

EID: 79955019848     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046915     Document Type: Article

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