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Eddy Covariance Measurements over Grasslands

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In this chapter we first provide a historic overview of – and outline some of the peculiarities associated with – grassland eddy covariance flux measurements, elaborate on the additional terms that need to be quantified when estimating the grassland net ecosystem carbon balance and finally discuss some of the challenges associated with upcoming nitrous oxide and methane flux measurements in managed grasslands.

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Acknowledgements

Authors acknowledge financial support by the EU (FP 5, 6 and 7) as well as Austrian and French National Science fund, the Tyrolean Science fund, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft and the help of numerous persons who have helped in keeping the eddy covariance flux measurements going over the years.

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  1. Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Georg Wohlfahrt

  2. INRA, Grassland Ecosystem Research (UREP), Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Katja Klumpp & Jean-François Soussana

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  2. Dept. Economics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Timo Vesala

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Wohlfahrt, G., Klumpp, K., Soussana, JF. (2012). Eddy Covariance Measurements over Grasslands. In: Aubinet, M., Vesala, T., Papale, D. (eds) Eddy Covariance. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2351-1_13

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