Author(s)

D. Fowler, U. Skiba, K.N. Bower T.W. Simpson, M.W. Gallagher, T.W. Choularton and A. Kaye

Abstract

Measurement of Greenhouse Gases at the UK Scale using Boundary Layer Budget Methods and Aircraft Sampling A contribution to subproject BIATEX-2 D Fowler', U Skiba\ K.N. Bower^ TW Simpson^, MW Gallagher^, TW ChoulaiW and A. Kaye^ ' Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 OQB, UK * The Physics Department, UM1ST, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK * Meteorological Research Flight, DRA, Farnborough, Hampshire, GUI 4 6TD, UK. Introduction Spatial variability in the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of gases such as (% and N2O has made extrapolation from enclosure methods very speculative. Recent advances in precision concentration measurements have made it possible to measure net biosphere-atmosphere fluxes of a range of radiatively active trace gases averaged over regional spatial scales (-10^ knf). This method has been extended here to estimate the net fluxes from

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