Spatial and Temporal Correlates of Greenhouse Gas Diffusion from a Hydropower Reservoir in the Southern United States

Mosher, Jennifer; Fortner, Allison M.; Phillips, Jana Randolph; Bevelhimer, Mark S.; Stewart, Arthur; Troia, Matthew J.

doi:10.3390/w7115910

Title: Spatial and Temporal Correlates of Greenhouse Gas Diffusion from a Hydropower Reservoir in the Southern United States

Journal Article · Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Water (Basel)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/w7115910· OSTI ID:1234331

Mosher, Jennifer ^[1]; Fortner, Allison M. ^[2]; Phillips, Jana Randolph ^[2]; Bevelhimer, Mark S. ^[2]; Stewart, Arthur ^[3]; Troia, Matthew J. ^[2]

Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Xcel Engineering, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Emissions of CO₂ and CH₄ from freshwater reservoirs constitute a globally significant source of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs), but knowledge gaps remain with regard to spatiotemporal drivers of emissions. We document the spatial and seasonal variation in surface diffusion of CO₂ and CH₄ from Douglas Lake, a hydropower reservoir in Tennessee, USA. Monthly estimates across 13 reservoir sites from January to November 2010 indicated that surface diffusions ranged from 236 to 18,806 mg m^-2 day^-1 for CO₂ and 0 to 0.95 mg m^-2 day^-1 for CH₄. Next, we developed statistical models using spatial and physicochemical variables to predict surface diffusions of CO₂ and CH₄. Models explained 22.7 and 20.9% of the variation in CO₂ and CH4 diffusions, respectively, and identified pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and Julian day as the most informative important predictors. These findings provide baseline estimates of GHG emissions from a reservoir in eastern temperate North America a region for which estimates of reservoir GHGs emissions are limited. Our statistical models effectively characterized non-linear and threshold relationships between physicochemical predictors and GHG emissions. Further refinement of such models will aid in predicting current GHG emissions in unsampled reservoirs and forecasting future GHG emissions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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Journal Information:: Water (Basel), Vol. 7; ISSN 2073-4441

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