Higher Apparent Gas Transfer Velocities for CO₂ Compared to CH₄ in Small Lakes.

ABSTRACT: Large greenhouse gas emissions occur via the release of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) from the surface layer of lakes. Such emissions are modeled from the air-water gas concentration gradient and the gas transfer velocity (k). The links between k and the physical properties of the gas and water have led to the development of methods to convert k between gases through Schmidt number normalization. However, recent observations have found that such normalization of apparent k estimates from field measurements can yield different results for CH₄ and CO₂. We estimated k for CO₂ and CH₄ from measurements of concentration gradients and fluxes in four contrasting lakes and found consistent

SUBMITTER: Pajala G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10269337 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature