Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-109-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-109-2017
Research article
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06 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 06 Jan 2017

A simple calculation algorithm to separate high-resolution CH4 flux measurements into ebullition- and diffusion-derived components

Mathias Hoffmann, Maximilian Schulz-Hanke, Juana Garcia Alba, Nicole Jurisch, Ulrike Hagemann, Torsten Sachs, Michael Sommer, and Jürgen Augustin

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Processes driving production and transport of CH4 in wetlands are complex. We present an algorithm to separate open-water automatic chamber CH4 fluxes into diffusion and ebullition. This helps to reveal dynamics, identify drivers and obtain reliable CH4 emissions. The algorithm is based on sudden concentration changes during single measurements. A variable filter is applied using a multiple of the interquartile range. The algorithm was verified for data of a rewetted former fen grassland site.