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Research article
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15 May 2019
Research article |
| 15 May 2019
| 15 May 2019
Modelling land–atmosphere daily exchanges of NO, NH3, and CO2 in a semi-arid grazed ecosystem in Senegal
Claire Delon
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Corinne Galy-Lacaux
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Dominique Serça
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Erwan Personne
UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850,
Thiverval-Grignon, France
Eric Mougin
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université de Toulouse,
CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Marcellin Adon
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, et de Mécanique des
Fluides, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte
d'Ivoire
Valérie Le Dantec
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de le BIOsphère, Université de
Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Benjamin Loubet
UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850,
Thiverval-Grignon, France
Rasmus Fensholt
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Torbern Tagesson
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Short summary
In the Sahel region during the wet season, CO2 and NO are released to the atmosphere, and NH3 is deposited on the soil. During the dry season, processes are strongly reduced. This paper shows the temporal variation in these soil–atmosphere exchanges of trace gases for 2 years, their sharp increase when the first rains fall onto dry soils, and how microbial processes are involved. We use a modelling approach, which is necessary when continuous measurements are not possible in remote regions.
In the Sahel region during the wet season, CO2 and NO are released to the atmosphere, and NH3 is...
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