Soil Chamber Fluxes (CO2 and CH4) across a catena in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Dataset · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/1632882· OSTI ID:1632882

Sihi, Debjani ^[1]; Salazar Ortiz, Mónica ^[2]; Mayes, Melanie ^[3]

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1. Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA; Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
2. Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 20148, Germany
3. Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA

Wet tropical forest soils contribute significantly to global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). Landscape topography largely influences the rate of CO2 versus CH4 emissions from wet tropical forest soils. This dataset contains soil chamber fluxes of CO2 and CH4 from 2016 (April 5 through July 18) across a catena in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Soil CO2 fluxes followed the trend of ridge>slope>valley. However, soil CH4 emissions followed the opposite trend, where valley soils served as the major source of CH4 emissions. This dataset can improve our understanding of greenhouse gas (CO2 and CH4) emissions associated with complex topography in wet tropical forest soils.

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; A Comprehensive Framework for Modeling Emissions from Tropical Soils and Wetlands
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• OSTI ID: 1632882
• Report Number(s): ess-dive-b792372f235cea0-20200512T152736726972; ess-dive-deeabae718a2ab6-20200507T152248707
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GREENHOUSE GAS
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOIL
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > WET TROPICAL FOREST
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE >SOIL> GREENHOUSE GAS
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE>SOIL > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE>SOIL > CARBON DIOXIDE