Usually well-drained soils, when they are flooded periodically, are a sporadic source for greenhouse gases such as methane. Using a static chamber technique in the field, we found methane emission, which ranged from 7.8 (cultivated site) to 10.5 mg m(-2) d(-1) (grassland site), from the lower slope positions after snowmelt in the spring. Smaller methane emission was also observed after rainfall in the summer: 0.02-0.64 mg m(2) d(-1) after 23-79 mm of precipitation.