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Influence of wind strength and direction on diffusive methane fluxes and atmospheric methane concentrations above the North Sea
Ingeborg Bussmann
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Departments of Shelf Sea System Ecology & Coastal Ecology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Kurpromenade 201, 27498 Helgoland, Germany
Eric P. Achterberg
GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Wischhofstr. 1–3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Holger Brix
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Carbon Cycles, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Nicolas Brüggemann
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., 52425 Jülich, Germany
Götz Flöser
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Carbon Cycles, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Claudia Schütze
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Philipp Fischer
Departments of Shelf Sea System Ecology & Coastal Ecology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Kurpromenade 201, 27498 Helgoland, Germany
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Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas and contributes to climate warming. However, the input of CH4 from coastal areas to the atmosphere is not well defined. Dissolved and atmospheric CH4 was determined at high spatial resolution in or above the North Sea. The atmospheric CH4 concentration was mainly influenced by wind direction. With our detailed study on the spatial distribution of CH4 fluxes we were able to provide a detailed and more realistic estimation of coastal CH4 fluxes.
Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas and contributes to climate warming. However, the...
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