Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations

Rapid, precise, and globally comparable methods for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes are required for accurate GHG inventories from different cropping systems and management practices. Manual gas sampling followed by gas chromatography (GC) is widely used for measuring GHG fluxes in agricultur...

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Main Authors: Tirol-Padre, Agnes, Rai, M., Gathala M, Sharma, S., Kumar, V., Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Sharma, D.K., Wassmann, Reiner, Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52175
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author Tirol-Padre, Agnes
Rai, M.
Gathala M
Sharma, S.
Kumar, V.
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Sharma, D.K.
Wassmann, Reiner
Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
author_browse Gathala M
Kumar, V.
Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
Rai, M.
Sharma, D.K.
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Sharma, S.
Tirol-Padre, Agnes
Wassmann, Reiner
author_facet Tirol-Padre, Agnes
Rai, M.
Gathala M
Sharma, S.
Kumar, V.
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Sharma, D.K.
Wassmann, Reiner
Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
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description Rapid, precise, and globally comparable methods for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes are required for accurate GHG inventories from different cropping systems and management practices. Manual gas sampling followed by gas chromatography (GC) is widely used for measuring GHG fluxes in agricultural fields, but is laborious and time-consuming. The photo-acoustic infrared gas monitoring system (PAS) with on-line gas sampling is an attractive option, although it has not been evaluated for measuring GHG fluxes in cereals in general and rice in particular. We compared N2O, CO2, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from agricultural fields under the rice–wheat and maize–wheat systems during the wheat (winter), and maize/rice (monsoon) seasons in Haryana, India. All the PAS readings were corrected for baseline drifts over time and PAS-CH4 (PCH4) readings in flooded rice were corrected for water vapor interferences. The PCH4 readings in ambient air increased by 2.3 ppm for every 1000 mg cm−3 increase in water vapor. The daily CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from the same chamber were not different in 93–98% of all the measurements made but the PAS exhibited greater precision for estimates of CO2 and N2O fluxes in wheat and maize, and lower precision for CH4 flux in rice, than GC. The seasonal GC- and PAS-N2O (PN2O) fluxes in wheat and maize were not different but the PAS-CO2 (PCO2) flux in wheat was 14–39% higher than that of GC. In flooded rice, the seasonal PCH4 and PN2O fluxes across N levels were higher than those of GC-CH4 and GC-N2O fluxes by about 2- and 4fold, respectively. The PAS (i) proved to be a suitable alternative to GC for N2O and CO2 flux measurements in wheat, and (ii) showed potential for obtaining accurate measurements of CH4 fluxes in flooded rice after making correction for changes in humidity.
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spelling CGSpace521752023-07-03T15:52:29Z Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations Tirol-Padre, Agnes Rai, M. Gathala M Sharma, S. Kumar, V. Sharma, Parbodh Chander Sharma, D.K. Wassmann, Reiner Ladha, Jagdish Kumar climate agriculture carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide greenhouse gases monitoring cereals rice Rapid, precise, and globally comparable methods for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes are required for accurate GHG inventories from different cropping systems and management practices. Manual gas sampling followed by gas chromatography (GC) is widely used for measuring GHG fluxes in agricultural fields, but is laborious and time-consuming. The photo-acoustic infrared gas monitoring system (PAS) with on-line gas sampling is an attractive option, although it has not been evaluated for measuring GHG fluxes in cereals in general and rice in particular. We compared N2O, CO2, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from agricultural fields under the rice–wheat and maize–wheat systems during the wheat (winter), and maize/rice (monsoon) seasons in Haryana, India. All the PAS readings were corrected for baseline drifts over time and PAS-CH4 (PCH4) readings in flooded rice were corrected for water vapor interferences. The PCH4 readings in ambient air increased by 2.3 ppm for every 1000 mg cm−3 increase in water vapor. The daily CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes measured by GC and PAS from the same chamber were not different in 93–98% of all the measurements made but the PAS exhibited greater precision for estimates of CO2 and N2O fluxes in wheat and maize, and lower precision for CH4 flux in rice, than GC. The seasonal GC- and PAS-N2O (PN2O) fluxes in wheat and maize were not different but the PAS-CO2 (PCO2) flux in wheat was 14–39% higher than that of GC. In flooded rice, the seasonal PCH4 and PN2O fluxes across N levels were higher than those of GC-CH4 and GC-N2O fluxes by about 2- and 4fold, respectively. The PAS (i) proved to be a suitable alternative to GC for N2O and CO2 flux measurements in wheat, and (ii) showed potential for obtaining accurate measurements of CH4 fluxes in flooded rice after making correction for changes in humidity. 2014-01 2014-12-16T06:37:38Z 2014-12-16T06:37:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52175 en Open Access Wiley Tirol-Padre A, Rai M, Gathala M, Sharma S, Kumar V, Sharma PC, Sharma DK, Wassmann R, Ladha JK. 2014. Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations. Global Change Biology 20(1): 287–299.
spellingShingle climate
agriculture
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
greenhouse gases
monitoring
cereals
rice
Tirol-Padre, Agnes
Rai, M.
Gathala M
Sharma, S.
Kumar, V.
Sharma, Parbodh Chander
Sharma, D.K.
Wassmann, Reiner
Ladha, Jagdish Kumar
Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title_full Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title_fullStr Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title_short Assessing the performance of the photo-acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
title_sort assessing the performance of the photo acoustic infrared gas monitor for measuring co2 n2o and ch4 fluxes in two major cereal rotations
topic climate
agriculture
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
greenhouse gases
monitoring
cereals
rice
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52175
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