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Eddy Covariance Measurements over Lakes

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We give an overview on the status of eddy covariance measurements over lake surfaces with a focus on CO2 fluxes. Inland waters have a significant role in the sequestration, transport, and mineralization of organic carbon (Battin et~al. 2009; Tranvik et~al. 2009). Although inland waters are especially important in lateral transporters of carbon, their direct carbon exchange with the atmosphere, so-called outgassing, has also been recognized to be a significant component in the global carbon budget (Tranvik et~al. 2009; Bastviken et~al. 2011). Lakes also store carbon (C) effectively in their sediments, but for instance in the boreal zone, annual CO2 emissions are 17–43 times higher than the net sedimentation of C (Kortelainen et~al. 2006). In forested catchments, the annual CO2 efflux from lakes has been estimated to be up to 14% of the annual net ecosystem exchange (Hanson et~al. 2004).

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Timo Vesala

  2. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Werner Eugster

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Anne Ojala

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  3. Department for Innovation in Biological,, Agro-food and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, Via Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo, 01100, Italy

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Vesala, T., Eugster, W., Ojala, A. (2012). Eddy Covariance Measurements over Lakes. 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_15

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