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CH4 Emission and Oxidation in Rice Paddies

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The importance of atmospheric methane with regard to climate change is well recognized (Cicerone and Oremland, 1988; Rodhe, 1990) because of its strong warming efficiency and its key role in the tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. Measurements of atmospheric CH, show that its concentration is increasing at a rate of about 1% per year in 1980s (Steele et al., 1987; Blake and Rowland, 1988) and a decrease in the global CH, growth rate was reported between 1984 and 1990 (Steele et al., 1992). Data from the NOAA/CMDL cooperative sampling network sites indicate a sharp decrease in growth rate in Northern hemisphere during 1992; about 1.8 ppbv in Northern hemisphere and 7.7 ppbv in the Southern hemisphere (Dlugokencky et al., 1994). However, a reverse increase in growth rate has again been detected since 1993 (Gupta et al., 1996). The magnitudes of sinks and the individual sources of methane are less known than its atmospheric increase.

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Mingxing, W., Jing, L., Xiaozhen, X. (2000). CH4 Emission and Oxidation in Rice Paddies. In: Singh, S.N. (eds) Trace Gas Emissions and Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3571-1_8

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