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Toward a statistical description of methane emissions from arctic wetlands

Pirk, Norbert LU ; Mastepanov, Mikhail LU ; López-Blanco, Efrén ; Christensen, Louise H. ; Christiansen, Hanne ; Hansen, Birger Ulf ; Lund, Magnus LU ; Parmentier, Frans Jan W LU ; Skov, Kirstine and Christensen, Torben R. LU (2017) In Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment 46. p.70-80
Abstract

Methane (CH4) emissions from arctic tundra typically follow relations with soil temperature and water table depth, but these process-based descriptions can be difficult to apply to areas where no measurements exist. We formulated a description of the broader temporal flux pattern in the growing season based on two distinct CH4 source components from slow and fast-turnover carbon. We used automatic closed chamber flux measurements from NE Greenland (74°N), W Greenland (64°N), and Svalbard (78°N) to identify and discuss these components. The temporal separation was well-suited in NE Greenland, where the hypothesized slow-turnover carbon peaked at a time significantly related to the timing of snowmelt. The temporally... (More)

Methane (CH4) emissions from arctic tundra typically follow relations with soil temperature and water table depth, but these process-based descriptions can be difficult to apply to areas where no measurements exist. We formulated a description of the broader temporal flux pattern in the growing season based on two distinct CH4 source components from slow and fast-turnover carbon. We used automatic closed chamber flux measurements from NE Greenland (74°N), W Greenland (64°N), and Svalbard (78°N) to identify and discuss these components. The temporal separation was well-suited in NE Greenland, where the hypothesized slow-turnover carbon peaked at a time significantly related to the timing of snowmelt. The temporally wider component from fast-turnover carbon dominated the emissions in W Greenland and Svalbard. Altogether, we found no dependence of the total seasonal CH4 budget to the timing of snowmelt, and warmer sites and years tended to yield higher CH4 emissions.

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Emission, Greenland, Methane, Svalbard, Tundra
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Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment
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46
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11 pages
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Springer
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0044-7447
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10.1007/s13280-016-0893-3
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  title        = {{Toward a statistical description of methane emissions from arctic wetlands}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s13280-016-0893-3}},
  volume       = {{46}},
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