Methane emissions on large scales

• Published in: Atmospheric Environment
• Main Authors: Beswick, K. M., Simpson, T. W., Fowler, D., Choularton, T. W., Gallagher, M. W., Hargreaves, K. J., Sutton, M. A., Kaye, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1998
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Hercules; Northern Finland; palsa
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3842/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00080-6

Two separate studies have been undertaken to improve estimates of methane emissions on a landscape scale. The first study took place over a palsa mire in northern Finland in August 1995. A tethered balloon and a tunable diode laser were used to measure profiles of methane in the nocturnal boundary l...