TY - GEN
T1 - Methane fluxes from Zambian tropical wetlands
AU - Shaw, Jacob
AU - Allen, Grant
AU - Barker, Patrick
AU - Pitt, Joseph
AU - Lee, James
AU - Bauguitte, Stéphane
AU - Pasternak, Dominika
AU - Bower, Keith
AU - Daly, Michael
AU - Lunt, Mark
AU - Ganesan, Anita
AU - Vaughan, Adam
AU - Fisher, Rebecca
AU - France, James
AU - Lowry, David
AU - Palmer, Paul
AU - Bateson, Prudence
AU - Nisbet, Euan
PY - 2021/3/4
Y1 - 2021/3/4
N2 - Airborne measurements of methane (CH4) were recorded over three major wetland areas in Zambia in February 2019 during the MOYA (Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments) ZWAMPS field campaign. Enhancements of up to 600 ppb CH4 were measured over the Bangweulu (11°36’ S, 30°05’ E), Kafue (15°43’ S, 27°17’ E), and Lukanga (14°29’ S, 27°47’ E) wetlands. Three independent methods were used to quantify methane emission fluxes; aircraft mass balance, aircraft eddy covariance, and atmospheric inversion modelling. Results yielded methane emission fluxes of 10-20 mg CH4 m-2 hr-1, which were up to an order of magnitude greater than the emission fluxes simulated by various wetland process models (WetCHARTs ensemble and LPX-Bern). Independent column CH4 observations from the TROPOMI instrument were used to verify these fluxes, and investigate their applicability for timescales longer than the duration of the MOYA flight campaign.
AB - Airborne measurements of methane (CH4) were recorded over three major wetland areas in Zambia in February 2019 during the MOYA (Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments) ZWAMPS field campaign. Enhancements of up to 600 ppb CH4 were measured over the Bangweulu (11°36’ S, 30°05’ E), Kafue (15°43’ S, 27°17’ E), and Lukanga (14°29’ S, 27°47’ E) wetlands. Three independent methods were used to quantify methane emission fluxes; aircraft mass balance, aircraft eddy covariance, and atmospheric inversion modelling. Results yielded methane emission fluxes of 10-20 mg CH4 m-2 hr-1, which were up to an order of magnitude greater than the emission fluxes simulated by various wetland process models (WetCHARTs ensemble and LPX-Bern). Independent column CH4 observations from the TROPOMI instrument were used to verify these fluxes, and investigate their applicability for timescales longer than the duration of the MOYA flight campaign.
UR - https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14938
U2 - 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14938
DO - 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14938
M3 - Other contribution
ER -