[Diurnal changes in greenhouse gases at water-air interface of Xiangxi River in autumn and their influencing factors]

Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2013 Apr;34(4):1270-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

With the closed chamber and gas chromatography method, a 24-hour continuous monitoring was carried out to understand the greenhouse gases fluxes across the water-air interface of the Xiangxi River Bay, the Three-Gorges Reservoir in Autumn. Results indicated that the fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O across the water-air interface showed an obvious diurnal variation. The absorption and emission process of CH4 showed strong diurnal variation during the experimental period, reaching the highest emission at 1 am, whereas CO2 and N2O were emitted all day. The fluxes of CO2 ranged from 20.1-97.5 mg x (m2 x h)(-1) at day and 32.7-42.5 mg x (m2 x h)(-1) at night, the fluxes of N2O ranged from 18.4-133.7 microg x (m2 x h)(-1) at day and 42.1-102.6 microg x (m2 x h)(-1) at night. The fluxes of CO2 had positive correlation with wind speed and negative correlation with pH. The fluxes of N2O had positive correlation with pH.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air / analysis
  • Air Pollutants / analysis*
  • Carbon Dioxide / analysis*
  • China
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Gases / analysis
  • Greenhouse Effect*
  • Methanol / analysis*
  • Nitric Oxide / analysis
  • Rivers / chemistry
  • Seasons
  • Water / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
  • Water Supply / analysis

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Gases
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Methanol