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Anders Lindroth

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Standardisation of chamber technique for CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes measurements from terrestrial ecosystems

Author

  • Marian Pavelka
  • Manuel Acosta
  • Ralf Kiese
  • Núria Altimir
  • Christian Brümmer
  • Patrick Crill
  • Eva Darenova
  • Roland Fuß
  • Bert Gielen
  • Alexander Graf
  • Leif Klemedtsson
  • Annalea Lohila
  • Bernhard Longdoz
  • Anders Lindroth
  • Mats B. Nilsson
  • Sara Maraňón Jiménez
  • Lutz Merbold
  • Leonardo Montagnani
  • Matthias Peichl
  • Mari Pihlatie
  • Jukka Pumpanen
  • Penelope Serrano Ortiz
  • Hanna Silvennoinen
  • Ute Skiba
  • Patrik Vestin
  • Per Weslien
  • Dalibor Janous
  • Werner Kutsch
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Summary, in English

Chamber measurements of trace gas fluxes between the land surface and the atmosphere have been conducted for almost a century. Different chamber techniques, including static and dynamic, have been used with varying degrees of success in estimating greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) fluxes. However, all of these have certain disadvantages which have either prevented them from providing an adequate estimate of greenhouse gas exchange or restricted them to be used under limited conditions. Generally, chamber methods are relatively low in cost and simple to operate. In combination with the appropriate sample allocations, chamber methods are adaptable for a wide variety of studies from local to global spatial scales, and they are particularly well suited for in situ and laboratory-based studies. Consequently, chamber measurements will play an important role in the portfolio of the Pan-European long-Term research infrastructure Integrated Carbon Observation System. The respective working group of the Integrated Carbon Observation System Ecosystem Monitoring Station Assembly has decided to ascertain standards and quality checks for automated and manual chamber systems instead of defining one or several standard systems provided by commercial manufacturers in order to define minimum requirements for chamber measurements. The defined requirements and recommendations related to chamber measurements are described here.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2018-12-01

Language

English

Pages

569-587

Publication/Series

International Agrophysics

Volume

32

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

De Gruyter

Topic

  • Climate Research
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • automated chamber system
  • ecosystem
  • greenhouse gas
  • ICOS
  • manual chamber system
  • protocol

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0236-8722