Spatial and seasonal variability of diffusive methane emissions from the Three Gorges Reservoir

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 471-481

  Yang, Le ^a,b,c   Lu, Fei ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Duan, Xiaonan ^a,d   Song, Wenzhi ^a   Sun, Binfeng ^a,c   Zhang, Qianqian ^a,c   Zhou, Yongjuan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG FORESTRY ACADEMY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

spatial variation; temperature; temporal variation; water velocity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METHANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

EID: 84880123350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20049     Document Type: Article

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