Measurement of horizontal and vertical advectlion of CO2 within a forest canopy

被引:55
作者
Leuning, Ray [1 ]
Zegelin, Steven J. [1 ]
Jones, Kevin [2 ]
Keith, Heather [3 ]
Hughes, Dale [1 ]
机构
[1] CSIRO Marine & Atmospher Res, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Geosci, Inst Atmospher & Environm Sci, Edinburgh EH9 3JK, Midlothian, Scotland
[3] Australian Natl Univ, Fenner Sch Environm & Soc, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
关键词
Advection; Forest respiration; Micrometeorological mass balance; Eddy covariance fluxes;
D O I
10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.06.006
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Eddy covariance measurements often underestimate the net exchange of CO2 between forest canopies and the atmosphere under stable atmospheric conditions, when horizontal and vertical advection are significant. A novel experimental design was used to measure all terms in the mass balance Of CO2 in a 50 m x 50 m wide, 6 in tall control volume (CV) located on the floor of a 40 in tall Eucalyptus forest to examine the contributions of the eddy flux, the change in storage and the horizontal and vertical advection terms. Horizontal flux divergences between the four vertical walls of the CV were determined using perforated tubing arranged parallel to the ground to measure CO2 mixing ratios. The change in storage was calculated using CO2 concentration profiles measured in the Centre of the CV. Vertical advection was calculated using these profiles, combined with vertical velocities, w(c), calculated using the mass continuity equation and horizontal velocities measured at the midpoint of each wall of the CV. Vertical and horizontal advection and the eddy flux terms all contributed significantly to the mass balance of the CV at night, while the eddy flux term was dominant and negative for a short period around noon when photosynthesis exceeded respiration. Large vertical gradients of CO2 at night cause estimates of vertical advection to be extremely sensitive to small errors in wc with standard errors of the mean flux exceeding 3 mu mol CO2 m(-2) s(-1). Vertical velocities need be measured to an accuracy better than 1 mm s(-1) to minimize errors in vertical advection when vertical gradients of CO2 ratios are very large at night. Calculated horizontal advection is sensitive to errors in the wind vectors through the faces of the CV when horizontal concentrations gradients are large. Errors in eddy fluxes and change in storage are smaller than for the advection terms and errors for all components are smaller during the day than at night. Crown Copyright (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1777 / 1797
页数:21
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