Flux measurements by the NRC Twin Otter atmospheric research aircraft: 1987–2011
Over the past 30 years, the Canadian Twin Otter research group has operated an aircraft platform for the study of atmospheric greenhouse gas fluxes (carbon dioxide, ozone, nitrous oxide and methane) and energy exchange (latent and sensible heat) over a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems in North A...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.adv-sci-res.net/13/43/2016/asr-13-43-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | Over the past 30 years, the Canadian Twin Otter research group has operated
an aircraft platform for the study of atmospheric greenhouse gas fluxes
(carbon dioxide, ozone, nitrous oxide and methane) and energy exchange
(latent and sensible heat) over a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems in
North America. Some of the acquired data from these projects have now been
archived at the Flight Research Laboratory and Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada. The dataset, which contains the measurements obtained in eight
projects from 1987 to 2011 are now publicly available. All these projects
were carried out in order to improve our understanding of the biophysical
controls acting on land-surface atmosphere fluxes. Some of the projects also
attempted to quantify the impacts of agroecosystems on the environment. To
provide information on the data available, we briefly describe each project
and some of the key findings by referring to previously published relevant
work. As new flux analysis techniques are being developed, we are confident
that much additional information can be extracted from this unique data set. |
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| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |