Estimating greenhouse gas emissions at the soil–atmosphere interface in forested watersheds of the US Northeast

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Gomez, Joshua ^a,b   Vidon, Philippe ^a   Gross, Jordan ^a   Beier, Colin ^a   Caputo, Jesse ^a   Mitchell, Myron ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Tectonic Engineering and Surveying Consultants PC   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 equivalent; Greenhouse gas budget; Topographic index; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOILS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; SOIL ATMOSPHERE; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX; WATERSHED SCALE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL ATMOSPHERE INTERFACE; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84963774017     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5297-0     Document Type: Article

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