Carbon exchange of grass in Hungary

Zoltán Barcza; László Haszpra; Hiroaki Kondo; Nobuko Saigusa; Susumu Yamamoto; Judit Bartholy

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v55i2.16695

Carbon exchange of grass in Hungary

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 55 (2003): Issue 2

By: Zoltán Barcza, László Haszpra, Hiroaki Kondo, Nobuko Saigusa, Susumu Yamamoto and Judit Bartholy

Open Access

|Jan 2003

Abstract

Continuous measurement of net biosphere—atmosphere carbon exchange was performed in western Hungary over a managed semi-natural grassland field using the eddy covariance technique to estimate Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE). The paper presents the measuring site and instrumentation, as well as the data processing methods applied. The measurements covered the period March 1999 to December 2000 during which, on an annual time scale, the region acted as a net CO₂ sink, where NEE was −54 g C m⁻² in 1999 (data for January and February were estimated) and −232 g C m⁻² in 2000 (negative NEE represents CO₂ uptake by the vegetation). The remarkable inter-annual difference may be the result of the significant climate difference between 1999 and 2000.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v55i2.16695 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jan 3, 2002

Accepted on: Sep 11, 2002

Published on: Jan 1, 2003

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© 2003 Zoltán Barcza, László Haszpra, Hiroaki Kondo, Nobuko Saigusa, Susumu Yamamoto, Judit Bartholy, published by Stockholm University Press
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