Identifying scale-emergent, nonlinear, asynchronous processes of wetland methane exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 188-204

  Sturtevant, Cove ^a   Ruddell, Benjamin L ^b   Knox, Sara Helen ^a   Verfaillie, Joseph ^a   Matthes, Jaclyn Hatala ^c   Oikawa, Patricia Y ^a   Baldocchi, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

biosphere atmosphere interactions; dynamical process networks; eddy covariance; methane; multiresolution analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS TRANSPORT; METHANE; REWETTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958125539     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003054     Document Type: Article

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