IAPAN - Measurements of methane emission from a temperate wetland by the eddy covariance method

Publications in year 2013

Vol. 27, Issue 4

Measurements of methane emission from a temperate wetland by the eddy covariance method

Year :	2013
DOI :	10.2478/v10247-012-0096-5
Volumen :	27
Issue :	3
Pages :	283 - 290

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Authors:

N. Kowalska¹, B. Chojnicki¹, J. Rinne², S. Haapanala², P. Siedlecki¹, M. Urbaniak¹

¹Department of Meteorology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Piątkowska 94, 60-649 Poznań, Poland
²Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 48, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 1D07a, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Abstract :

Methane emission from a wetland was measured with the eddy covariance system. The location of the system allowed observation of methane efflux from areas that were covered by
different vegetation types. The data presented in this paper were collected in the period between the13th of June and the 31st of August 2012. During the warmest months of the summer, there was no strong correlation between methane emissions and either the water table depth or peat temperature. The presence of reed and cattail contributed to a pronounced diurnal pattern of the flux and lower methane emission, while areas covered by sedges emitted higher amounts more with no clear diurnal pattern.

Keywords :

eddy covariance, methane emission, wetland

Language :

English