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Regional carbon dioxide and energy fluxes from airborne observations using flight-path segmentation based on landscape characteristics
1Wageningen University, Earth-System Science & Climate-Change Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2Institute of Biometeorology, IBIMET-CNR, Florence, Italy
3Wageningen University, Meteorology & Air-Quality Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Abstract. This paper presents an analysis of regional fluxes obtained with a small aircraft over heterogeneous terrain in the south-west of France, during the large scale field experiment CERES'07. We use a method combining variable flight-path segmentation with basic airborne footprint analysis. The segmentation is based on topography, land use and soil type, using a.o. satellite imagery and digital maps. The segments are delineated using an average footprint length, based on all flights, and segment lengths, which are variable in space but not in time. The method results in segment averaged carbon and energy fluxes, which are shown to be representative of regional fluxes. Our analysis is focussed on carbon dioxide, heat and evaporative fluxes around solar noon. We will show that spatial and seasonal variations in the fluxes can be linked to the underlying landscape. In addition, a comparison between the airborne data and ground flux data is made to support our results. However, due to the incompleteness of ground data for some predominant vegetation types (even in such a data dense context), upscaling of ground data to regional fluxes was not possible. Without the comparison, we are still able to demonstrate that aircraft can provide direct and meaningful estimates of regional fluxes of energy and carbon dioxide.
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Citation: Vellinga, O. S., Gioli, B., Elbers, J. A., Holtslag, A. A. M., Kabat, P., and Hutjes, R. W. A.: Regional carbon dioxide and energy fluxes from airborne observations using flight-path segmentation based on landscape characteristics, Biogeosciences, 7, 1307-1321, doi:10.5194/bg-7-1307-2010, 2010. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
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