Evaluating the performance of commonly used gas analysers for methane eddy covariance flux measurements: the InGOS inter-comparison field experiment

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3163-3186

  Peltola, O ^a   Hensen, A ^b   Helfter, C ^c   Belelli Marchesini, L ^d   Bosveld, F C ^e   Van Den Bulk, W C M ^b   Elbers, J A ^f   Haapanala, S ^a   Holst, J ^g   Laurila, T ^h   Lindroth, A ^g   Nemitz, E ^c   Rockmann T ⁱ   Vermeulen, A T ^b   Mammarella, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Lund University ^*

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; INSTRUMENTATION; METHANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84902675084     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-3163-2014     Document Type: Article

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