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    Carbon exchange of grass in Hungary

    Authors:

    Zoltán Barcza,

    Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, HU
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    László Haszpra ,

    Hungarian Meteorological Service, H-1675 Budapest, P.O. Box 39, HU
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    Hiroaki Kondo,

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, JP
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    Nobuko Saigusa,

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, JP
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    Susumu Yamamoto,

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, JP
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    Judit Bartholy

    Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/A, HU
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    Abstract

    Continuous measurement of net biosphere—atmosphere carbon exchange was performed in western Hungary over a managed semi-natural grassland field using the eddy covariance technique to estimate Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE). The paper presents the measuring site and instrumentation, as well as the data processing methods applied. The measurements covered the period March 1999 to December 2000 during which, on an annual time scale, the region acted as a net CO2 sink, where NEE was −54 g C m−2 in 1999 (data for January and February were estimated) and −232 g C m−2 in 2000 (negative NEE represents CO2 uptake by the vegetation). The remarkable inter-annual difference may be the result of the significant climate difference between 1999 and 2000.

    How to Cite: Barcza, Z., Haszpra, L., Kondo, H., Saigusa, N., Yamamoto, S. and Bartholy, J., 2003. Carbon exchange of grass in Hungary. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 55(2), pp.187–196. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v55i2.16695
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      Published on 01 Jan 2003
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     Accepted on 11 Sep 2002            Submitted on 3 Jan 2002

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