Quantifying nitrous oxide fluxes on multiple spatial scales in the Upper Midwest, USA

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-310

  Zhang, Xin ^a,f   Lee, Xuhui ^a   Griffis, Timothy J ^b   Andrews, Arlyn E ^c   Baker, John M ^d   Erickson, Matt D ^b   Hu, Ning ^e   Xiao, Wei ^e  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Corn; Land surface flux; Nitrous oxide; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; MINNESOTA; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939881212     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: 14321254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0842-4     Document Type: Article

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