Influence of soil moisture on the seasonality of nitric oxide emissions from chaparral soils, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-52

  Homyak, Peter M ^a,b   Sickman, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemodenitrification; Dryland NO emissions; Hole in the pipe; Nitric oxide pulses

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHAPARRAL; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; SEASONALITY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL GAS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893411042     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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