CO and CO2 mixing ratio and flux measurements from the Amazon tropical rainforest
This dataset belongs to the manuscript 'The emission of CO from tropical rain forest soils', submitted to the journal Biogeosciences in December 2023.
More details on this dataset can be found in this manuscript:
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-2746/egusphere-2023-2746.pdf
For questions, please reach out to Hella van Asperen: hasperen@bgc.mpg-jena.de
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Plateau tower CO and CO2 mixing ratio measurements
Plateau tower CO and CO2 mixing ratio measurements took place in a dry season campaign (28 Sep- 7 Oct 2020) and a wet season campaign (11-18 May 2021) at the K34 tower at field site ZF2 in the Amazon rain forest (-2.60898, -60.209106). Due to a problem in the beginning of the dry season campaign, the measurements at the tower were continued until outside the campaign period, until 18 October 2020. Measurements were performed by a Spectronus FTIR analyzer. Concentrations were measured at 3 heights (5,15 and 36m) every half hour. Canopy height is ~28m.
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Valley CO and CO2 mixing ratio measurements
Valley CO and CO2 mixing ratio measurements took place in a dry season campaign (28 Sep- 7 Oct 2020) and a wet season campaign (11-18 May 2021) at a valley close to the K34 tower at field site ZF2 (-2.600026, -60.217079). Since no electricity was available, automatic battery-driven bag sampling was performed during the night at 3h time intervals, with 4 measurements per night from a 1m height inlet (~18:00, ~21:00, ~0:00, ~3:00). Bag samples were measured the following morning by a Spectronus FTIR-analyzer.
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Plateau and valley chamber CO and CO2 fluxes
Flux chamber measurements were performed over soil and litter together on the plateau and in the valley at field site ZF2, in a dry season campaign (28 Sep- 7 Oct 2020) and a wet season campaign (11-18 May 2021). Five soil collars were installed in the valley, and five on the plateau. Each collar was measured 3 times during each campaign week (on different days). Measurements from the same collar are indicated as (for example) V1A, V1B, V1C. After each flux chamber measurement, soil moisture and soil temperature was measured.