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@INPROCEEDINGS{Graf:139210,
author = {Graf, Alexander and van de Boer, Anneke and Werner, Julius
and Langensiepen, Mathias and Schmidt, Marius and
Schüttemeyer, Dirk and Vereecken, Harry},
title = {{A} tunnel-shaped flow-through chamber for minimum
disturbance net ecosystem flux measurements},
reportid = {FZJ-2013-05213},
year = {2012},
abstract = {Eddy covariance measurements are the method of choice to
determine net land surface – atmosphere fluxes of energy
and matter, but in some cases cannot be applied in a
representative way. In particular, requirements on the
measurement height and the principles underlying the fetch
or footprint of the sensor inhibit straightforward
application in small (<< 100 m upwind) ecosystems. Small
chambers as used on the leaf and soil level, on the other
hand, considerably disturb the ecosystem and require
numerous repetitions in space, if robust area-average net
fluxes are aimed at. Within the framework of a project also
including the upscaling of chamber- and downscaling of
micrometeorological measurements, we here present a third
approach: A chamber with strengths and weaknesses that are
expected to be in an intermediate range between traditional
chamber and micrometeorological methods. In order to ensure
comparability to micrometeorologically determined fluxes,
the chamber was tested on three different fields of
sufficient size against eddy covariance stations. The
chamber is a flow-through type and covers a comparatively
large (1.7 m²) ground surface. Measures to minimize
ecosystem disturbance include a thin FEP foil ceiling, a
wide in- and outlet, and ventilation at the order of
magnitude of outside wind speed. Here, we focus on
experiments with passive ventilation, where the in- and
outlet are aligned into the mean wind and longitudinal
matter advection is measured while suppressing any vertical
and crosswind turbulent or advective flux. In order to
comply with the small resulting concentration differences
between in- and outlet, a differential closed-path CO2 and
H2O analyzer is used. Comparisons to eddy covariance
measurements show a good agreement and slight negative bias
for evapotranspiration (latent heat flux), and a somewhat
larger scatter and bias for CO2 flux. The scatter of the CO2
flux is hypothetically attributed to spatial variability
between the footprint of both methods. The bias indicates a
possible slight to intermediate underestimation of fluxes,
depending on the hypothetical reasons of energy balance
non-closure of the eddy covariance measurement. Possible
reasons of such an underestimation are discussed, including
remaining microclimate modifications as well as the
longitudinal turbulent flux, and further tests of or
modifications to the system are discussed.},
month = {May},
date = {2012-05-29},
organization = {30th Conference on Agricultural and
Forest Meteorology/First Conference on
Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston
(U.S.A.), 29 May 2012 - 1 Jun 2012},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IBG-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {246 - Modelling and Monitoring Terrestrial Systems: Methods
and Technologies (POF2-246) / DFG project 139819005 - Links
between local scale and catchment scale measurements and
modelling of gas exchange processes over land surfaces
(139819005)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-246 / G:(GEPRIS)139819005},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/139210},
}