Evidence of wintertime CO2 emission from snow-covered grounds in high latitudes

• Main Authors: Fang, JY, Tang, YH, Koizumi, H, Bekku, Y
• Other Authors: Fang, JY (reprint author), Beijing Univ, Ctr Ecol Res & Educ, Dept Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Beijing Univ, Ctr Ecol Res & Educ, Dept Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Natl Inst Environm Studies, Global Environm Res Div, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan., Natl Inst Agroenvironm Sci, Div Plant Ecol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan., Natl Polar Inst, Tokyo 192, Japan.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: science in china series d earth sciences 1999
• Subjects: arctic; CO2 emission; high latitudes; icecap; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON-DIOXIDE; ARCTIC TUNDRA; FLUX; CLIMATE; ALASKA; SOILS; Arctic; Climate change; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/401569

In order to measure CO2 flux in wintertime arctic ecosystems, CO2 gas was sampled from various snow-covered grounds by using a closed chamber method during the First China Arctic Scientific Expedition from March to May in 1995. The CO2 gas samples were measured by using an infra-red analyzer (IRGA). The results show-ed that (i) CO2 emission was detected from all kinds of the snow-covered grounds, which provides direct evidence that the arctic tundra is functioning as a source of atmospheric CO2; (ii) CO2 release was also detected from the permanent ice profile and icecap, and (iii) CO, evolution from terrestrial ecosystems in higher latitudes increased with an increase of surface temperature in accordance with the exponential function. This indicates a close coincidence with that under normal temperature conditions, and provides a useful method for predicting change in CO2 flux in the arctic ecosystems with the global climate change. Geosciences, Multidisciplinary SCI(E) EI 0 ARTICLE 4 378-382 42