Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6059-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6059-2019
Research article
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21 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 21 Nov 2019

Measurements and quality control of ammonia eddy covariance fluxes: a new strategy for high-frequency attenuation correction

Alexander Moravek, Saumya Singh, Elizabeth Pattey, Luc Pelletier, and Jennifer G. Murphy

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Determination of ecosystem exchange fluxes using the eddy covariance technique requires measurements with a fast time response. For ammonia, the time response is limited by adsorption and desorption processes on instrument surfaces, generally leading to a substantial underestimation of fluxes. Based on a 5-month flux dataset, we propose a new method to correct for the ammonia flux loss that is better suited to account for factors like surface aging and contamination than other approaches.