Parsing the variability in CH4 flux at a spatially heterogeneous wetland: Integrating multiple eddy covariance towers with high-resolution flux footprint analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1322-1339

  Matthes, Jaclyn Hatala ^a,b   Sturtevant, Cove ^a   Verfaillie, Joseph ^a   Knox, Sara ^a   Baldocchi, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

EID: 84911447471     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002642     Document Type: Article

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