Size does matter: Importance of large bubbles and small-scale hot spots for methane transport

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1268-1276

  Delsontro, T ^a,e   McGinnis, D F ^b,c   Wehrli, B ^a   Ostrovsky, I ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; METHANE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EMISSION FLUXES; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUX VARIABILITY; HYDRO-ACOUSTIC SURVEYS; POSTPROCESSING METHODS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTIC NATURE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON; DRUG ANALYSIS; METHANE;

ASYMMETRY; BUBBLE; CARBON FLUX; ECHO SOUNDER; METHANE; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BUBBLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; HYDROACOUSTIC METHOD; HYDROPOWER; LAKE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWITZERLAND; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; LAKES; METHANE; METHODS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84964247862     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5054286     Document Type: Article

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