Annual methane emission from Finnish mires estimated from eddy covariance campaign measurements |
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| Authors: | K J Hargreaves D Fowler C E R Pitcairn M Aurela |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh Research Station, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, GB;(2) Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, FI |
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| Abstract: | Summary Measurements of landscape-scale methane emission were made over an aapa mire near Kaamanen in Finnish Lapland (69° 8′ N,
27° 16′ E, 155 m ASL). Emissions were measured during the spring thaw, in summer and in autumn. No effect of water table position
on CH4 emission was found as the water table remained at or above the surface of the peat. Methane emission fluxes increased with
surface temperature from which an activation energy of −99 kJ mol−1 was obtained. Annual emission from the site, modelled from temperature regression and short-term flux measurements made in
three separate years, was calculated to be 5.5 ± 0.4 g CH4 m−2 y−1 of which 0.6 ± 0.1 g CH4 m−2 y−1 (11%) was released during the spring thaw which lasted 20 to 30 days.
The effect of global warming on the CH4 budget of the site was estimated using the central scenario of the SILMU (Finnish Research Programme on Climate Change) model
which predicts annual mean temperature increases of 1.2, 2.4 and 4.4 °C in 2020, 2050 and 2100, respectively. Maximum enhancements
in CH4 emission due to warming were calculated to be 18, 40 and 84% for 2020, 2050 and 2100, respectively. Actual increases may
be smaller because prediction of changes in water table are highly uncertain.
Received September 17, 1999 Revised October 16, 2000 |
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