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Eddy Covariance Measurements over Wetlands

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Wetland ecosystems can be classified according to various systems, one of which defines three major groups: (1) northern peatlands (with a total area of 350×106 ha), (2) freshwater swamps and marshes (204×106 ha), and (3) coastal wetlands (36×106 ha) (Mitsch et~al. 2009). Depending on the definition, wetlands cover 3–6% of the Earth’s land surface. This chapter concentrates on northern peatlands, which constitute a highly important component of the global biogeochemical cycling, as these boreal and arctic mires have accumulated about one-third of the global organic soil carbon

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Laurila, T., Aurela, M., Tuovinen, JP. (2012). Eddy Covariance Measurements over Wetlands. 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_14

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