1,069
Views
23
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research Articles

Modelling of growing season methane fluxes in a high-Arctic wet tundra ecosystem 1997–2010 using in situ and high-resolution satellite data

, , , , , , , , , , , & show all
Article: 19722 | Received 17 Sep 2012, Accepted 19 Mar 2013, Published online: 14 May 2013

References

  • ACIA. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. 2005; New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Boles S. H , Xiao X , Liu J , Zhang Q , Munkhtuya S , co-authors . Land cover characterization of temperate East Asia using multi-temporal VEGETATION sensor data. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2004; 90: 477–489.
  • Bubier J. L , Moore T. R . An ecological perspective on methane emissions from northern wetlands. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 1994; 9: 460–464.
  • Bubier J , Moore T , Savage K , Crill P . A comparison of methane flux in a boreal landscape between a dry and a wet year. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles. 2005; 19: GB1023.
  • Buus-Hinkler J , Hansen B. U , Tamstorf M. P , Pedersen S. B . Snow-vegetation relations in a high Arctic ecosystem: inter-annual variability inferred from new monitoring and modeling concepts. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2006; 105: 237–247.
  • Christensen T. R , Johansson T , Åkerman H. J , Mastepanov M , Malmer N , co-authors . Thawing sub-arctic permafrost: effects on vegetation and methane emissions. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004; 31: L04501.
  • Cronk J. K , Fennessy M. S . Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology. 2001; CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  • de Alwis D. A , Easton Z. M , Dahlke H. E , Philpot W. D , Steenhuis T. S . Unsupervised classification of saturated areas using a time series of remotely sensed images. Hydrol. Earth. Syst. Sci. 2007; 11: 1609–1620.
  • Delbart N , Kergoat L , Le Toan T , Lhermitte J , Picard G . Determination of phenological dates in boreal regions using normalized difference water index. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2005; 97: 26–38.
  • Dunfield P , knowles R , Dumont R , Moore T. R . Methane production and consumption in temperate and subarctic peat soils: response to temperature and pH. Soil. Biol. Biochem. 1993; 25: 321–326.
  • Elberling B , Tamstorf M. P , Michelsen A , Arndal M. F , Sigsgaard C , co-authors . Meltofte H , Christensen T. R , Elberling B , Forchhammer M. C , Rasch M . Soil and plant community-characteristics and dynamics at Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological Research- High Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. 2008; Academic Press, Amsterdam. 223–248.
  • Fensholt R , Sandholt I . Derivation of a shortwave infrared water stress index from MODIS near- and shortwave infrared data in a semiarid environment. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2003; 87: 111–121.
  • Friborg T , Christensen T. R , Hansen B. U , Nordstroem C , Soegaard H . Trace gas exchange in a high-arctic valley 2. Landscape CH4 fluxes measured and modeled using eddy correlation data. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles. 2000; 14: 715–723.
  • Gao B.-C . NDWI – A normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space. Remote. Sens. Environ. 1996; 58: 257–266.
  • Goswami S , Gamon J. A , Tweedie C. E . Surface hydrology of an arctic ecosystem: multiscale analysis of a flooding and draining experiment using spectral reflectance. J. Geophys. Res. 2011; 116
  • Hansen B. U , Sigsgaard C , Rasmussen L , Cappelen J , Hinkler J , co-authors . Meltofte H , Christensen T. R , Elberling B , Forchhammer M. C , Rasch M . Present-day climate at Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological Research- High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. 2008; Academic Press, Amsterdam. 111–149.
  • Hargreaves K. J , Fowler D . Quantifying the effects of water table and soil temperature on the emission of methane from peat wetland at the field scale. Atmos. Environ. 1998; 32: 3275–3282.
  • Hargreaves K. J , Fowler D , Pitcairn C. E. R , Aurela M . Annual methane emission from Finnish mires estimated from eddy covariance campaign measurements. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 2001; 70: 203–213.
  • Hasholt B , Mernild S. H , Sigsgaard C , Meltofte H , Christensen T. R , Elberling B , Forchhammer M. C , Rasch M . Hydrology and transport of sediment and solutes at Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological Research- High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. 2008; Academic Press, Amsterdam. 197–222.
  • Horst T. W . The footprint for estimation of atmosphere-surface exchange fluxes by profile techniques. Bound. Lay. Meteorol. 1999; 90: 171–188.
  • Hsieh C. I , Katul G , Chi T. W . An approximate analytical model for footprint estimation of scalar fluxes in thermally stratified atmospheric flows. Adv. Water. Res. 2000; 23: 765–772.
  • Huttunen J. T , Nykänen H , Turunen J , Martikainen P. J . Methane emissions from natural peatlands in the northern boreal zone in Finland, Fennoscandia. Atmos. Environ. 2003; 37: 147–151.
  • IPCC. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007; Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Jensen L. M , Rasch M . Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations, 16th Annual Report, 2010.
  • Joabsson A , Christensen T. R . Methane emissions from wetlands and their relationship with vascular plants: an Arctic example. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2001; 7: 919–932.
  • Johansson T , Malmer N , Crill P. M , Friborg T , Akerman J. H , co-authors . Decadal vegetation changes in a northern peatland, greenhouse gas fluxes and net radiative forcing. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2006; 12: 2352–2369.
  • Leo W. R . Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments. 1994; Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Lillesand T. M , Kiefer R. W , Chipman J. W . Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 2008; John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.
  • Livingston G. P , Hutchinson G. L , Matson P. A , Harriss R. C . Enclosure-based measurement of trace gas exchange: applications and sources of error. Biogenic Trace Gases: Measuring Emissions from Soil and Water. 1995; Oxford: Blackwell Sciences. 14–51.
  • Malmer N , Johansson T , Olsrud M , Christensen T. R . Vegetation, climatic changes and net carbon sequestration in a North-Scandinavian subarctic mire over 30 years. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2005; 11: 1895–1909.
  • Mastepanov M . Towards a Changed View on Greenhouse Gas Exchange in the Arctic- New Findings and Improved Techniques. 2010; Lund University, Lund: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis. PhD Thesis.
  • McGuire A. D , Anderson L. G , Christensen T. R , Dallimore S , Guo L , co-authors . Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change. Ecol. Monogr. 2009; 79: 523–555.
  • Megonigal J. P , Hines M. E , Visscher P. T , Heinrich D. H , Karl K. T , Schlesinger W. H . Anaerobic metabolism: linkages to trace gases and aerobic processes. Biogeochemistry. 2007; Oxford: Pergamon. 317–424.
  • Meltofte H , Rasch M , Meltofte H , Christensen T. R , Elberling B , Forchhammer M. C , Rasch M . The study area at Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological Research- High Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. 2008; Academic Press, Amsterdam. 101–110.
  • Morrissey L. A , Zobel D. B , Livingston G. P . Significance of stomatal control on methane release from carex-dominated wetlands. Chemosphere. 1993; 26: 339–355.
  • Mölder M , Kellner E . Excess resistance of bog surfaces in central Sweden. Agr. Forest. Meteorol. 2002; 112: 23–30.
  • Oechel W. C , Hastings S. J , Vourlitris G , Jenkins M , Riechers G , co-authors . Recent change of Arctic tundra ecosystems from a net carbon dioxide sink to a source. Nature. 1993; 361: 520–523.
  • ORNL DAAC. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center. 2010. MODIS Subsetted Land Products, Collection 5. Oak Ridge, TN. Online at: http://daac.ornl.gov/MODIS/modis.html .
  • Pelletier L , Moore T. R , Roulet N. T , Garneau M , Beaulieu-Audy V . Methane fluxes from three peatlands in the La Grande Riviere watershed, James Bay lowland, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 2007; 112: 12.
  • Richer R . Atmospheric/Topographic Correction for Satellite Imagery (ATCOR-2/3 User Guide Version 6.1). 2005; Wessling Germany: DLR German Aerospace Center.
  • Rinne J , Riutta T , Pihlatie M , Aurela M , Haapanala S , co-authors . Annual cycle of methane emission from a boreal fen measured by the eddy covariance technique. Tellus. B. 2007; 59: 449–457.
  • Sachs T , Wille C , Boike J , Kutzbach L . Environmental controls on ecosystem-scale CH4 emission from polygonal tundra in the Lena River Delta, Siberia. J. Geophys. Res. 2008; 113: G00A03.
  • Schlesinger W. H . Biogeochemistry – An Analysis of Global Change. 1997; 2nd ed, Academic Press, London.
  • Serreze M. C , Walsh J. E , Chapin F. S., III , Osterkamp T , Dyurgerov M , co-authors . Observational evidence of recent change in the northern high-latitude environment. Clim. Chang. 2000; 46: 159–207.
  • Smith L. C , Macdonald G. M , Velichko A. A , Beilman D. W , Borisova O. K , co-authors . Siberian peatlands: a net carbon sink and global methane source since the early Holocene. Science. 2004; 303: 353–356.
  • Ström L , Tagesson T , Mastepanov M , Christensen T. R . Presence of Eriophorum scheuchzeri enhances substrate availability and methane emission in an Arctic wetland. Soil. Biol. Biochem. 2012; 45: 61–70.
  • Svensson B. H , Christensen T. R , Johansson E , öquist M . Interdecadal changes in CO2 and CH4 fluxes of a subarctic mire: stordalen revisited after 20 years. Oikos. 1999; 85: 22–30.
  • Tagesson T , Mastepanov M , Tamstorf M. P , Eklundh L , Schubert P , co-authors . High-resolution satellite data reveal an increase in peak growing season gross primary production in a high-Arctic wet tundra ecosystem 1992–2008. Int. J. Appl. Earth. Obs. Geoinf. 2012a; 18: 407–416.
  • Tagesson T , Mölder M , Mastepanov M , Sigsgaard C , Tamstorf M. P , co-authors . Land–atmosphere exchange of methane from soil thawing to soil freezing in a high-Arctic wet tundra ecosystem. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2012b; 18: 1928–1940.
  • Tamstorf M , Illeris L , Hansen B , Wisz M . Spectral measures and mixed models as valuable tools for investigating controls on land surface phenology in high arctic Greenland. BMC. Ecol. 2007; 7: 9.
  • Tarnocai C . The effect of climate change on carbon in Canadian peatlands. Glob. Planet. Chang. 2006; 53: 222–232.
  • Tarnocai C , Canadell J. G , Schuur E. A. G , Kuhry P , Mazhitova G , co-authors . Soil organic carbon pools in the northern circumpolar permafrost region. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles. 2009; 23: GB2023.
  • Thompson C. C , McGuire A. D , Clein J. S , Chapin F. S , Beringer J . Net carbon exchange across the Arctic tundra-boreal forest transition in Alaska 1981–2000. Mitig. Adapt. Strat. Glob. Chang. 2006; 11: 805–827.
  • Torn M. S , Chapin F . Environmental and biotic controls over methane flux from Arctic tundra. Chemosphere. 1993; 26: 357–368.
  • Whiting M. L , Li L , Ustin S. L . Predicting water content using Gaussian model on soil spectra. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2004; 89: 535–552.
  • Wickland K. P , Striegl R. G , Neff J. C , Sachs T . Effects of permafrost melting on CO2 and CH4 exchange of a poorly drained black spruce lowland. J. Geophys. Res. 2006; 111: G02011.
  • Wieringa J . Representative roughness parameters for homogeneous terrain. Bound. Lay. Meteorol. 1993; 63: 323–363.
  • Wille C , Kutzbach L , Sachs T , Wagner D , Pfeiffer E.-M . Methane emission from Siberian Arctic polygonal tundra: eddy covariance measurements and modeling. Glob. Chang. Biol. 2008; 14: 1395–1408.
  • Wu G , Ren G , Wang D , Shi Z , Warrington D . Above- and below-ground response to soil water change in an alpine wetland ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. J. Hydrol. 2013; 476: 120–127.
  • Xiao X , Hollinger D , Aber J , Goltz M , Davidson E. A , co-authors . Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest. Remote. Sens. Environ. 2004; 89: 519–534.