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Observations of methane net sinks in the upland Arctic tundra
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), 73100, Lecce, Italy
Daniela Famulari
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), 40129, Bologna, Italy
Donato Giovannelli
Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126, Naples, Italy
Institute for Marine Biological and Biotechnological Resources, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute, ELSI, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Arturo Mariani
GeoSystems s.r.l., 50122, Florence, Italy
Mauro Mazzola
Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP), National Research Council of Italy, 40129, Bologna, Italy
Stefano Decesari
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), National Research Council of Italy, 40129, Bologna, Italy
Gianluca Pappaccogli
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), 73100, Lecce, Italy
JRC – ENI-CNR Aldo Pontremoli, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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We present the daily and seasonal variability in black carbon (BC) in surface snow inferred from two specific experiments based on the hourly and daily time resolution sampling during the Arctic spring in Svalbard. These unique data sets give us, for the first time, the opportunity to evaluate the associations between the observed surface snow BC mass concentration and a set of predictors corresponding to the considered meteorological and snow physico-chemical parameters.
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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 3607–3689, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3607-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3607-2021, 2021
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Methane is an important greenhouse gas, yet we lack knowledge about its global emissions and drivers. We present FLUXNET-CH4, a new global collection of methane measurements and a critical resource for the research community. We use FLUXNET-CH4 data to quantify the seasonality of methane emissions from freshwater wetlands, finding that methane seasonality varies strongly with latitude. Our new database and analysis will improve wetland model accuracy and inform greenhouse gas budgets.
Congbo Song, Manuel Dall'Osto, Angelo Lupi, Mauro Mazzola, Rita Traversi, Silvia Becagli, Stefania Gilardoni, Stergios Vratolis, Karl Espen Yttri, David C. S. Beddows, Julia Schmale, James Brean, Agung Ghani Kramawijaya, Roy M. Harrison, and Zongbo Shi
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11317–11335, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11317-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11317-2021, 2021
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We present a cluster analysis of relatively long-term (2015–2019) aerosol aerodynamic volume size distributions up to 20 μm in the Arctic for the first time. The study found that anthropogenic and natural aerosols comprised 27 % and 73 % of the occurrence of the coarse-mode aerosols, respectively. Our study shows that about two-thirds of the coarse-mode aerosols are related to two sea-spray-related aerosol clusters, indicating that sea spray aerosol may more complex in the Arctic environment.
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This study focuses on measurements of CO2 and CH4 turbulent fluxes in tundra ecosystems in the Svalbard islands over a 2-year period. Our results reveal dynamic interactions between climatic conditions and ecosystem activities such as photosynthesis and microbial activity. In summer, photosynthesis and microbial activity increase, leading to net carbon uptake and methane consumption. Wind influences soil drying and CH4 emissions. Thermal anomalies can reduce annual carbon uptake.
This study focuses on measurements of CO2 and CH4 turbulent fluxes in tundra ecosystems in the...
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