Rainfall variability drives interannual variation in N2O emissions from a humid, subtropical pasture

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-18

  Rowlings, D W ^a   Grace, P R ^a   Scheer, C ^a   Liu, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; N2O; N2O sampling frequency; Pasture; Rainfall variability; Subtropical tropical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; DIGITAL STORAGE; FARMS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORCHARDS; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PASTURE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL;

RAIN;

NITROUS OXIDE; RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; SOIL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; RAINFALL; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; JACKKNIFE TEST; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; ORCHARD; PRECIPITATION; RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROUS OXIDE; QUEENSLAND; RAIN; SOIL;

EID: 84921333355     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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