Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra
The northern latitudes are experiencing disproportionate warming relative to the mid-latitudes, and there is growing concern about feedbacks between this warming and methane production and release from high-latitude soils. Studies of methane emissions carried out in the Arctic, particularly those wi...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/de3d8e72-fed3-47c5-85f7-0bdcd443f298 2024-04-21T07:53:45+00:00 Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra Mastepanov, M. Sigsgaard, C. Tagesson, T. Strom, L. Tamstorf, M. P. Lund, M. Christensen, T. R. 2013 application/pdf https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/de3d8e72-fed3-47c5-85f7-0bdcd443f298 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5139-2013 https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/124267467/bg_10_5139_2013.pdf eng eng https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/de3d8e72-fed3-47c5-85f7-0bdcd443f298 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Mastepanov , M , Sigsgaard , C , Tagesson , T , Strom , L , Tamstorf , M P , Lund , M & Christensen , T R 2013 , ' Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra ' , Biogeosciences , vol. 10 , no. 7 , pp. 5139-5158 . https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5139-2013 TRACE GAS-EXCHANGE VASCULAR PLANTS ATMOSPHERIC METHANE NORTHERN MINNESOTA POLYGONAL TUNDRA CARBON TURNOVER WATER-TABLE SOIL PEATLANDS WETLANDS article 2013 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5139-2013 2024-03-28T00:38:58Z The northern latitudes are experiencing disproportionate warming relative to the mid-latitudes, and there is growing concern about feedbacks between this warming and methane production and release from high-latitude soils. Studies of methane emissions carried out in the Arctic, particularly those with measurements made outside the growing season, are underrepresented in the literature. Here we present results of 5 yr (2006-2010) of automatic chamber measurements at a high-Arctic location in Zackenberg, NE Greenland, covering both the growing seasons and two months of the following freeze-in periods. The measurements show clear seasonal dynamics in methane emission. The start of the growing season and the increase in CH4 fluxes were strongly related to the date of snowmelt. Within each particular growing season, CH4 fluxes were highly correlated with the soil temperature (R-2 > 0.75), which is probably explained by high seasonality of both variables, and weakly correlated with the water table. The greatest variability in fluxes between the study years was observed during the first part of the growing season. Somewhat surprisingly, this variability could not be explained by commonly known factors controlling methane emission, i.e. temperature and water table position. Late in the growing season CH4 emissions were found to be very similar between the study years (except the extremely dry 2010) despite large differences in climatic factors (temperature and water table). Late-season bursts of CH4 coinciding with soil freezing in the autumn were observed during at least three years. The cumulative emission during the freeze-in CH4 bursts was comparable in size with the growing season emission for the year 2007, and about one third of the growing season emissions for the years 2009 and 2010. In all three cases the CH4 burst was accompanied by a corresponding episodic increase in CO2 emission, which can compose a significant contribution to the annual CO2 flux budget. The most probable mechanism of the late-season ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Tundra Zackenberg Aarhus University: Research Biogeosciences 10 7 5139 5158 |
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TRACE GAS-EXCHANGE VASCULAR PLANTS ATMOSPHERIC METHANE NORTHERN MINNESOTA POLYGONAL TUNDRA CARBON TURNOVER WATER-TABLE SOIL PEATLANDS WETLANDS Mastepanov, M. Sigsgaard, C. Tagesson, T. Strom, L. Tamstorf, M. P. Lund, M. Christensen, T. R. Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra |
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The northern latitudes are experiencing disproportionate warming relative to the mid-latitudes, and there is growing concern about feedbacks between this warming and methane production and release from high-latitude soils. Studies of methane emissions carried out in the Arctic, particularly those with measurements made outside the growing season, are underrepresented in the literature. Here we present results of 5 yr (2006-2010) of automatic chamber measurements at a high-Arctic location in Zackenberg, NE Greenland, covering both the growing seasons and two months of the following freeze-in periods. The measurements show clear seasonal dynamics in methane emission. The start of the growing season and the increase in CH4 fluxes were strongly related to the date of snowmelt. Within each particular growing season, CH4 fluxes were highly correlated with the soil temperature (R-2 > 0.75), which is probably explained by high seasonality of both variables, and weakly correlated with the water table. The greatest variability in fluxes between the study years was observed during the first part of the growing season. Somewhat surprisingly, this variability could not be explained by commonly known factors controlling methane emission, i.e. temperature and water table position. Late in the growing season CH4 emissions were found to be very similar between the study years (except the extremely dry 2010) despite large differences in climatic factors (temperature and water table). Late-season bursts of CH4 coinciding with soil freezing in the autumn were observed during at least three years. The cumulative emission during the freeze-in CH4 bursts was comparable in size with the growing season emission for the year 2007, and about one third of the growing season emissions for the years 2009 and 2010. In all three cases the CH4 burst was accompanied by a corresponding episodic increase in CO2 emission, which can compose a significant contribution to the annual CO2 flux budget. The most probable mechanism of the late-season ... |
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Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra |
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Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra |
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Mastepanov , M , Sigsgaard , C , Tagesson , T , Strom , L , Tamstorf , M P , Lund , M & Christensen , T R 2013 , ' Revisiting factors controlling methane emissions from high-Arctic tundra ' , Biogeosciences , vol. 10 , no. 7 , pp. 5139-5158 . https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5139-2013 |
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