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ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES
卷 42, 期 2, 页码 115-133出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10256010600672959
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calculation; carbon-13; carbon-dioxide; fluxus; measurement; methods; modelling
Better quantification of isotope ratios of atmosphere-ecosystem exchange of CO 2 could substantially improve our ability to probe underlying physiological and ecological mechanisms controlling ecosystem carbon exchange, but the ability to make long-term continuous measurements of isotope ratios of exchange fluxes has been limited by measurement difficulties. In particular, direct eddy covariance methods have not yet been used for measuring the isotopic composition of ecosystem fluxes. In this article, we explore the feasibility of such measurements by (a) proposing a general criterion for judging whether a sensors performance is sufficient for making such measurements (the criterion is met when the contribution of sensor error to the flux measurement error is comparable to or less than the contribution of meteorological noise inherently associated with turbulence flux measurements); (b) using data-based numerical simulations to quantify the level of sensor precision and stability required to meet this criterion for making direct eddy covariance measurements of the C-13/C-12 ratio of CO2 fluxes above a specific ecosystem (a mid-latitude temperate forest in central Massachusetts, USA); (c) testing whether the performance of a new sensor-a prototype pulsed quantum cascade laser (QCL) based isotope-ratio absorption spectrometer (and plausible improvements thereon)-is sufficient for meeting the criterion in this ecosystem. We found that the error contribution from a prototype sensor (similar to 0.2%, 1 SD of 10 s integrations) to total isoflux measurement error was comparable to (1.5 to 2x) the irreducible 'meteorological noise inherently associated with turbulent flux measurements above this ecosystem (daytime measurement error SD of similar to 60% of flux versus meteorological noise of 30-40 % for instantaneous half-hour fluxes). Our analysis also shows that plausible instrument improvements (increase of sensor precision to similar to 0.1%, 1 SD of 10 s integrations, and increased sensor stability during the half-hour needed to integrate eddy covariance measurements) should decrease the contribution of sensor error to the point where it is less than the contribution from meteorological noise. This suggests that new sensors using QCL-based isotope ratio absorption spectroscopy should make continuous long-term observations of the isotopic composition of CO 2 fluxes via eddy covariance methods feasible.
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