Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes in Coastal Wetlands - Impacts on Water Quality

Abstract

This award supported the acquisition of eddy covariance towers and carbonate chemistry sensors to continuously monitor greenhouse gas emissions and lateral carbon fluxes at Elkhorn Slough a National Estuarine Reserve site and the largest coastal tidal wetland in California outside the San Francisco Bay-Delta. The eddy covariance method is the preferred technique today for estimating gas fluxes which permits calculation of seasonal and annual emissions and inventories. Data obtained will be deposited in the AmeriFlux database and will contribute to better constrain the carbon budget in these systems and allow for extrapolation to other coastal wetlands. The outcomes will also enable coupling of Earth System Models with realistic predictions emissions from coastal/tidal wetlands based on reliable emission data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2022
Accession Number
AD1190365

Entities

People

  • Adina Paytan

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Bays
  • California
  • Chemistry
  • Covariance
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Emission
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Monitoring
  • San Francisco Bay
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer
  • Water Quality

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers