Bert Scheeren and Peter Bergamaschi - Europa
Bert Scheeren and Peter Bergamaschi - Europa
Bert Scheeren and Peter Bergamaschi - Europa
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July-August peak in methane fluxes from a Po Valley rice paddy: can<br />
32<br />
we see that in the data at Ispra<br />
2009 June-August highest rice paddy emissions<br />
~ 0.3 μmol CH 4 m -2 s -1<br />
Data <strong>and</strong> plot from Meijide<br />
et al., BGD, 2011.<br />
2400<br />
2300<br />
Ispra CH 4 May to October 2009<br />
June-August high CH 4<br />
2200<br />
ppbv CH4<br />
2100<br />
2000<br />
1900<br />
1800<br />
EDGAR4.2 agricultural soils emissions estimate for 2008: ~48 kTon y -1 .<br />
A mean methane flux of 0.3 μmol CH 4 m -2 s -1 extrapolated to a total rice paddy area of 2 * 10 9 m 2<br />
<strong>and</strong> an emission period of 60 days corresponds to ~50 kTon from the Po Valley.
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