Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation
Methane emissions from lakes are widely thought to be highly irregular and difficult to quantify with anything other than numerous distributed measurement stations and long-term sampling campaigns. In spite of this, a large majority of the study sites north of 50 degrees N have been measured over su...
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ftlinkoepinguniv:oai:DiVA.org:liu-127058 2023-05-15T18:28:12+02:00 Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation Wik, Martin Thornton, Brett F. Bastviken, David Uhlbaeck, Jo Crill, Patrick M. 2016 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-127058 https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066501 eng eng Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring Linköpings universitet, Filosofiska fakulteten Stockholm University, Sweden University of Exeter, England AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION Geophysical Research Letters, 0094-8276, 2016, 43:3, s. 1256-1262 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-127058 doi:10.1002/2015GL066501 ISI:000372056600039 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess northern lakes methane sampling bias ebullition diffusion subarctic Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2016 ftlinkoepinguniv https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066501 2022-05-01T08:20:41Z Methane emissions from lakes are widely thought to be highly irregular and difficult to quantify with anything other than numerous distributed measurement stations and long-term sampling campaigns. In spite of this, a large majority of the study sites north of 50 degrees N have been measured over surprisingly short time periods of only one to a few days. Using long-term data from three intensively studied small subarctic lakes, we recommend that measurements of diffusive methane flux and ebullition should be made over at least 11 and 39days scattered throughout the ice-free season using depth-stratified sampling at 3 and 11 or more locations, respectively. We further show that low temporal and spatial resolutions are unlikely to cause overestimates. Therefore, we argue that most sites measured previously are likely underestimated in terms of emission potential. Avoiding these biases seen in much of the contemporary data is crucial to further constrain large-scale methane emissions from northern lakes and ponds. Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2007-4547]; Nordic Center of Excellence DEFROST under Nordic Top-Level Research Initiative Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic LIU - Linköping University: Publications (DiVA) Geophysical Research Letters 43 3 1256 1262 |
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Methane emissions from lakes are widely thought to be highly irregular and difficult to quantify with anything other than numerous distributed measurement stations and long-term sampling campaigns. In spite of this, a large majority of the study sites north of 50 degrees N have been measured over surprisingly short time periods of only one to a few days. Using long-term data from three intensively studied small subarctic lakes, we recommend that measurements of diffusive methane flux and ebullition should be made over at least 11 and 39days scattered throughout the ice-free season using depth-stratified sampling at 3 and 11 or more locations, respectively. We further show that low temporal and spatial resolutions are unlikely to cause overestimates. Therefore, we argue that most sites measured previously are likely underestimated in terms of emission potential. Avoiding these biases seen in much of the contemporary data is crucial to further constrain large-scale methane emissions from northern lakes and ponds. Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2007-4547]; Nordic Center of Excellence DEFROST under Nordic Top-Level Research Initiative |
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Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation |
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Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation |
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Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation |
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biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: a problem for extrapolation |
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Linköpings universitet, Tema Miljöförändring |
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