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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1317-2024
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Research article
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23 Feb 2024
Research article |
| 23 Feb 2024
| 23 Feb 2024
Validation and field application of a low-cost device to measure CO2 and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
Michael Asante
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), BP E 423, Bamako, Mali
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), 00233, Tamale, Ghana
Geoffroy Sossa
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), BP E 423, Bamako, Mali
Laboratory of Hydraulic and Water Control, National Institute of Water, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin
Danica Antonijević
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
Maren Dubbert
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
Mathias Hoffmann
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Technical note: A low-cost, automatic soil–plant–atmosphere enclosure system to investigate CO2 and evapotranspiration flux dynamics W. Al Hamwi et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-5639-2024
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Using only low-cost microcontrollers and sensors, we constructed a measurement device to accurately and precisely obtain atmospheric carbon dioxide and water fluxes. The device was tested against known concentration increases and high-cost, commercial sensors during a laboratory and field experiment. We additionally tested the device over a longer period in a field study in Ghana during which the net ecosystem carbon balance and water use efficiency of maize cultivation were studied.
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