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Tobias Biermann. Photo.

Tobias Biermann

Research engineer

Tobias Biermann. Photo.

Coupling processes and exchange of energy and reactive and non-reactive trace gases at a forest site - Results of the EGER experiment

Author

  • T. Foken
  • F. X. Meixner
  • E. Falge
  • C. Zetzsch
  • A. Serafimovich
  • A. Bargsten
  • T. Behrendt
  • T. Biermann
  • C. Breuninger
  • S. Dix
  • T. Gerken
  • M. Hunner
  • L. Lehmann-Pape
  • K. Hens
  • G. Jocher
  • J. Kesselmeier
  • J. Lüers
  • A. Moravek
  • D. Plake
  • M. Riederer
  • F. Rütz
  • M. Scheibe
  • L. Siebicke
  • M. Sörgel
  • K. Staudt
  • I. Trebs
  • A. Tsokankunku
  • M. Welling
  • V. Wolff
  • Z. Zhu
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Summary, in English

To investigate the energy, matter and reactive and non-reactive trace gas exchange between the atmosphere and a spruce forest in the German mountain region, two intensive measuring periods were conducted at the FLUXNET site DE-Bay (Waldstein-Weidenbrunnen) in September/October 2007 and June/July 2008. They were part of the project "ExchanGE processes in mountainous Regions" (EGER). Beyond a brief description of the experiment, the main focus of the paper concerns the coupling between the trunk space, the canopy and the above-canopy atmosphere. Therefore, relevant coherent structures were analyzed for different in- and above canopy layers, coupling between layers was classified according to already published procedures, and gradients and fluxes of meteorological quantities as well as concentrations of non-reactive and reactive trace compounds have been sorted along the coupling classes. Only in the case of a fully coupled system, it could be shown, that fluxes measured above the canopy are related to gradients between the canopy and the above-canopy atmosphere. Temporal changes of concentration differences between top of canopy and the forest floor, particularly those of reactive trace gases (NO, NO2, O3, and HONO) could only be interpreted on the basis of the coupling stage. Consequently, only concurrent and vertically resolved measurements of micrometeorological (turbulence) quantities and fluxes (gradients) of trace compounds will lead to a better understanding of the forest-atmosphere interaction.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

1923-1950

Publication/Series

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volume

12

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

Topic

  • Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1680-7316