Nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland: A comparison of eddy covariance and static chamber measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2179-2194

  Jones, S K ^a,b   Famulari, D ^a   Di Marco, C F ^a   Nemitz, E ^a   Skiba, U M ^a   Rees, R M ^b   Sutton, M A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; EDDY COVARIANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857752248     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2179-2011     Document Type: Article

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