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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 593, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.132
Keywords
Upper Spanish plateau; Greenhouse gases; Series of harmonicss; Daytime; Night-time
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
- ERDF funds [CGL2009-11979, CGL2014-53948-P]
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The present paper seeks to improve our knowledge concerning the evolution of CO2 and CH4 in terms of monthly trends, growth rate and seasonal variations in the lower atmosphere. Dry continuous measurements of CO2 and the CH4 mixing ratio were carried out over five and a half years (from 15 October 2010 to 29 February 2016) by multi-point sampling at 1.8,3.7 and 83 m, using a Picarro analyzer at a rural site in the Low Atmosphere Research Centre (CIBA), on the upper Spanish plateau. Data were divided into diurnal and nocturnal records. The mathematical equation proposed to analyze the overall data was a harmonic one, comprising a polynomial (trend) and a series of harmonics (seasonal cycle). Amplitude was considered as a constant and variable term over time. Quite different behaviour was found between day and night measurements in both climate forcing agents. CO2 showed an accelerating trend in autumn, whereas CH4 trends were higher during the winter. Increasing growth rates were reported for CO2 and CH4 over the whole study period. Nocturnal CO2 amplitudes are higher than diurnal ones except in winter for both gases, and also in the autumn for CH4. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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