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Methane flux from the Amazon River floodplain - Emissions during rising waterMethane flux data obtained during a period of high and falling water level in the course of the dry season of 1985 (the Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment, ABLE 2A) and a period of moderate and rising water during the wet season of 1987 (ABLE 2B) were used to characterize the influence of seasonal variations in the vegetation, water column depth, and chemistry, as well as atmospheric dynamics, on the methane flux from the Amazon River floodplain. It was found that the annual estimate of methane from wetlands is identical to the annual estimate made by Matthews and Fung (1987) (both at 111 Tg). However, it was found that peatlands between 50 and 70 N contribute 39 Tg, with the large areas of forested and nonforested bogs making up 37 Tg of this figure, while the figures of Matthews and Fung were 63 and 62 Tg, respectively.
Document ID
19900065051
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bartlett, Karen B.
(New Hampshire Univ. Durham, NH, United States)
Crill, Patrick M.
(New Hampshire, University Durham, United States)
Bonassi, Jose A.
(Sao Paulo, Universidade Brazil)
Richey, Jeffrey E.
(Washington, University Seattle, United States)
Harriss, Robert C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA; New Hampshire, University, Durham, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
90A52106
Distribution Limits
Public
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