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N2O emissions from a cultivated mollisol: optimal time of day for sampling and the role of soil temperature

Vanina Rosa Noemi Cosentino, Patricia Lilia Fernandez, Santiago Andrés Figueiro Aureggi, Miguel Angel Taboada

01/Dec/2012

The correct use of closed field chambers to determine N2O emissions requires defining the time of day that best represents the daily mean N2O flux. A short-term field experiment was carried out on a Mollisol soil, on which annual crops were grown under no-till management in the Pampa Ondulada of Argentina. The N2O emission rates were measured every 3 h for three consecutive days. Fluxes ranged from 62.58 to 145.99 ∝g N-N2O m-2 h-1 (average of five field chambers) and […]