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Continuous CO2/CH4/CO measurements (2012–2014) at Beromünster tall tower station in Switzerland

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BORIS DOI
10.7892/boris.83824
Date of Publication
2016
Publication Type
Article
Division/Institute

Physikalisches Instit...

Author
Satar, Ece
Physikalisches Institut, Klima- und Umweltphysik (KUP)
Berhanu, Tesfaye
Physikalisches Institut, Klima- und Umweltphysik (KUP)
Brunner, Dominik
Henne, Stephan
Leuenberger-Lüthy, Markus Christianorcid-logo
Physikalisches Institut, Klima- und Umweltphysik (KUP)
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
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500 - Science::530 - ...

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Series
Biogeosciences
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
1726-4189
Publisher
European Geosciences Union
Language
English
Publisher DOI
10.5194/bg-13-2623-2016
Description
The understanding of the continental carbon budget is essential to predict future climate change. In order to quantify CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes at the regional scale, a measurement system was installed at the former radio tower in
Beromünster as part of the Swiss greenhouse gas monitoring network (CarboCount CH). We have been measuring the mixing ratios of CO₂, CH₄
and CO on this tower with sample inlets at 12.5, 44.6, 71.5, 131.6 and 212.5 m above ground level using a cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) analyzer. The first 2-year (December 2012–December 2014) continuous atmospheric record was analyzed for seasonal and diurnal variations and interspecies correlations. In addition, storage fluxes were calculated from the hourly profiles along the tower. The atmospheric growth rates from 2013 to 2014 determined from this 2-year data set were 1.78 ppm yr⁻¹, 9.66 ppb yr⁻¹ and and -1.27 ppb yr⁻¹ for CO₂, CH₄ and CO, respectively. After detrending, clear seasonal cycles were detected for CO₂ and CO, whereas CH₄ showed a stable baseline suggesting a net balance between sources and sinks over the course of the year. CO and CO₂ were strongly correlated (r² > 0.75) in winter (DJF), but almost uncorrelated in summer. In winter, anthropogenic emissions
dominate the biospheric CO₂ fluxes and the variations in mixing ratios are large due to reduced vertical mixing. The diurnal variations of all species showed distinct cycles in spring and summer, with the lowest sampling level showing the most pronounced diurnal amplitudes. The storage flux estimates exhibited reasonable diurnal shapes for CO₂, but underestimated the strength of the surface sinks during daytime. This seems plausible, keeping in mind that we were only able to calculate the storage fluxes along the profile of the tower but not the flux into or out of this profile, since no Eddy covariance flux measurements were taken at the top of the tower.
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https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/142705
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