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TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v67.26688
Keywords
micrometeorology; Bowen ratio; eddy covariance; footprint; wet soil
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- Linnaeus Centre LUCCI - Swedish Research Council
- INGOS FP7 Project
- British Natural Environment Research Council (NERC/ARSF/FSF) [EU10-01]
- British Natural Environment Research Council (NERC/GEF) [933]
- Natural Environment Research Council [GEF010002] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [GEF010002] Funding Source: UKRI
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Forests are generally considered to be net sinks of atmospheric methane (CH4) because of oxidation by methanotrophic bacteria in well-aerated forests soils. However, emissions from wet forest soils, and sometimes canopy fluxes, are often neglected when quantifying the CH4 budget of a forest. We used a modified Bowen ratio method and combined eddy covariance and gradient methods to estimate net CH4 exchange at a boreal forest site in central Sweden. Results indicate that the site is a net source of CH4. This is in contrast to soil, branch and leaf chamber measurements of uptake of CH4. Wetter soils within the footprint of the canopy are thought to be responsible for the discrepancy. We found no evidence for canopy emissions per se. However, the diel pattern of the CH4 exchange with minimum emissions at daytime correlated well with gross primary production, which supports an uptake in the canopy. More distant source areas could also contribute to the diel pattern; their contribution might be greater at night during stable boundary layer conditions.
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