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Research article
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06 Jan 2017
Research article |
| 06 Jan 2017
A simple calculation algorithm to separate high-resolution CH4 flux measurements into ebullition- and diffusion-derived components
Mathias Hoffmann
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Institute of Soil Landscape Research, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Maximilian Schulz-Hanke
Institute of Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Juana Garcia Alba
Institute of Soil Landscape Research, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Nicole Jurisch
Institute of Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Ulrike Hagemann
Institute of Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Torsten Sachs
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Michael Sommer
Institute of Soil Landscape Research, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Jürgen Augustin
Institute of Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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Short summary
Processes driving production and transport of CH4 in wetlands are complex. We present an algorithm to separate open-water automatic chamber CH4 fluxes into diffusion and ebullition. This helps to reveal dynamics, identify drivers and obtain reliable CH4 emissions. The algorithm is based on sudden concentration changes during single measurements. A variable filter is applied using a multiple of the interquartile range. The algorithm was verified for data of a rewetted former fen grassland site.
Processes driving production and transport of CH4 in wetlands are complex. We present an...
