Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1309-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1309-2016
Research article
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02 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2016

Combining two complementary micrometeorological methods to measure CH4 and N2O fluxes over pasture

Johannes Laubach, Matti Barthel, Anitra Fraser, John E. Hunt, and David W. T. Griffith

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Short summary
We continuously measured CH4 and N2O fluxes on two pastures that differed with respect to management. Two micrometeorological ratio methods were used; one was more suitable for daytime and the other for night-time. Over a year, both methods indicated both sites as net sources of CH4 and N2O, similar to other managed grasslands. At the irrigated, fertilised and rotationally grazed site, the N2O emissions were 1.21 (±0.15) % of the nitrogen inputs from animal excreta and fertiliser application.
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