Heterogeneity of biogenic gas ebullition in subtropical peat soils is revealed using time-lapse cameras

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Comas, Xavier ^a   Wright, William ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC GAS; FIELD SCALE; FLUX RATES; GAS RELEASE; LINEAR RELATION; PEAT LAND; PEAT SOILS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CAMERAS; TROPICS; VAPORS;

SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GAS; HETEROGENEITY; PEATLAND; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOIL EMISSION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84859898428     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011654     Document Type: Article

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