Airborne observations reveal elevational gradient in tropical forest isoprene emissions

Isoprene emissions are commonly estimated using satellite measurements and model simulations. Here, using eddy covariance, the authors report higher emission rates over the Amazon forest than those estimated with these techniques and a relationship between terrain elevation and isoprene emissions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dasa Gu, Alex B. Guenther, John E. Shilling, Haofei Yu, Maoyi Huang, Chun Zhao, Qing Yang, Scot T. Martin, Paulo Artaxo, Saewung Kim, Roger Seco, Trissevgeni Stavrakou, Karla M. Longo, Julio Tóta, Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza, Oscar Vega, Ying Liu, Manish Shrivastava, Eliane G. Alves, Fernando C. Santos, Guoyong Leng, Zhiyuan Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15541
Description
Summary:Isoprene emissions are commonly estimated using satellite measurements and model simulations. Here, using eddy covariance, the authors report higher emission rates over the Amazon forest than those estimated with these techniques and a relationship between terrain elevation and isoprene emissions.
ISSN:2041-1723