Methane emission from rice paddies

Methane release rates from rice paddies have been measured in Andalusia, Spain, during almost a complete vegetation period in 1982 using the static box system. The release rates ranged between 2 and 14 mg/m²/h and exhibited a strong seasonal variation with low values during the tillering stage and shortly before harvest, while maximum values were observed at the end of the flowering stage. The CH₄ release rate, averaged over the complete vegetation period, accounted for 4 mg/m²/h which results in a worldwide CH₄ emission from rice paddies of 35–59×10¹² g/yr if we assume that the observed CH₄ release rates are representative of global conditions. The CH₄ release rates showed diurnal variations with higher values late in the afternoon which were most likely caused by temperature variations within the upper layers of the paddy soils. Approximately 95% of the CH₄ emitted into the atmosphere by rice paddies was due to transport through the rice plants. Transport by bubbles or diffusion through the paddy water was of minor importance. Incubation experiments showed that CH₄ was neither produced nor consumed in the paddy water. The relase of CH₄ from rice paddies caused a diurnal variation of CH₄ in ambient air within the rice-growing area with maximum values of up to 2.3 ppmv during the early morning, compared to average daytime values of 1.75 ppmv.     

Methane emission from municipal solid waste landfills

Methane fluxes from municipal solid waste landfills in Surgut and Khanty-Mansiysk are assessed in August 2015 by the inverse modeling method. It is revealed that the methane flux values vary from 0.3 to 5.8 g CH₄/(m² hour). The highest value of the methane flux is typical of a landfill that is currently used for the waste disposal and is not covered with the soil layer, whereas the lowest value was obtained for a closed small-capacity landfill covered with soil and vegetation.     

A comparison of dynamic and static chambers for methane emission measurements from subarctic fens

Abstract

Methane emissions measured at three subarctic fen sites by dynamic and static chambers were compared; in the dynamic chambers, the air was circulated at a wind speed of 1.9 m s^?1. Emissions ranged from 7 to 214 mg CH₄ m^?2 d^?1 and measurements from the two types of chamber were strongly correlated (r² = 0.72), with no overall difference between the means (paired t‐test, p = 0.34) and with only 4 of the 14 comparisons showing statistically different means (t‐test, p < 0.25). The overall ratio of dynamic: static chamber fluxes was 1.24, but was highest (1.68) at the wettest, central site and lowest (0.74) at the driest, edge site. The coefficients of variation of chamber flux measurements at each site ranged from 0.13 to 1.77, with an overall average of 0.53; sampling with over 30 static chambers revealed approximately normal distributions at the edge and middle sites and a positively skewed distribution at the central site. Within both static and dynamic chambers, methane concentrations increased linearly through 24 h. These inexpensive, portable static chambers can be used to replicate methane emission measurements within a wide range of wetland sites.     

Analysis of formation and forecast of spring snowmelt flood runoff in forest and forest-steppe basins of Siberian rivers

Popov’s infiltration-capacitive model of the spring runoff, including the computation of the runoff losses due to evaporation in the period of snow melting and losses due to evaporation and absorption in the period of exhaustion of the sheet inflow into the channel net, is used. Equations to forecast the spring snowmelt flood runoff, taking account of the frozen soil melting, are derived. The method of estimation of their parameters on the base of the joint use of linear regression and optimization methods is realized. It is demonstrated that factors of the autumn moistening and freezing of soils of basins in the beginning of winter influence the spring runoff losses. The integrated index of the initial state of the basin, taking account of mentioned factors, is proposed.     

Methane emission from the oligotrophic bog massif in the Northwestern Russia

Results of measuring methane emissions from the Lammin-Suo oligotrophic bog massif are considered. It is shown that emission intensity depends on the methane transport from the active layer of the peat bed. The highest emission intensity is observed in the sedge-sphagnum microlandscape and over swampy hollows of the hummock-ridge complex. It is found that the methane flux intensity approaches zero when the wetland level drops by 30–35 cm from the bog surface. Spatial methane emission variability is estimated within dominating bog landscapes. The methane emission reaches its maximum values (207%) in microlandscapes with oriented microrelief (hummock-ridge complex); in the central bog (sphagnum-suffrutescent-cottongrass landscape afforested with pine), it reaches its lowest level (76%). A model of methane emissions from bogs is developed. The model has been verified from the observational data. The comparison of model calculations with experimental data is indicative of their good agreement, which makes it possible to use the model in different calculations and assessments of the influence of natural factors on the methane emission intensity.     

Methane emission measurements in urban areas in Eastern Germany

We have investigated methane emissions from urban sources in the former East Germany using innovative measurement techniques including a mobile real-time methane instrument and tracer release experiments. Anthropogenic and biogenic sources were studied with the emphasis on methane emissions from gas system sources, including urban distribution facilities and a production plant. Methane fluxes from pressure regulating stations ranged from 0.006 to 24. l/min. Emissions from diffuse sources in urban areas were also measured with concentration maps and whole city flux experiments. The area fluxes of the two towns studied were 0.37 and 1.9 g/m²/s. The emissions from individual gas system stations and total town emissions of this study are comparable to results of similar sites examined in the United States.     

Methane Production, Emission and Possible Control Measures in the Rice Agriculture

In the rice field methane is produced in the soil layer with depths of 2-25 cm. The vertical profile of methane production rate in the paddy soil during the water covering period differs from that in the paddy soil in dry phase. Only a small part, about 30%. of the produced methane is emitted to the atmosphere through rice plant, air bubbles, and molecular diffusion. Therefore, the methane emission rate from the rice field depends not only on the methane production rate in the soil, but also on the transport efficiency of the rice plant, air bubble formation that in turn depends on the production rate, and molecular diffusion.Field measurements show that methane emission rates from a particular rice field have very large diurnal, seasonal and interannual variations, which are related to soil characteristics, water regime, farming procedure, local climate, and rice growing activities. The relationship between the methane emission rate and the above mentioned factors is very complicated. The emission rate     

West African monsoon response to greenhouse gas and sulphate aerosol forcing under two emission scenarios

The impact of increased greenhouse gases (GHG) and aerosols concentrations upon the West African monsoon (WAM) is investigated for the late twenty-first century period using the Météo-France ARPEGE-IFS high-resolution atmospheric model. Perturbed (2070–2100) and current (1961–2000) climates are compared using the model in time-slice mode. The model is forced by global sea surface temperatures provided by two transient scenarios performed with low-resolution coupled models and by two GHG evolution scenarios, SRES-A2 and SRES-B2. Comparing to reanalysis and observed data sets, the model is able to reproduce a realistic seasonal cycle of WAM despite a clear underestimation of the African Easterly Jet (AEJ) during the boreal summer. Mean temperature change indicates a global warming over the continent (stronger over North and South Africa). Simulated precipitation change at the end of the twenty-first century shows an increase in precipitation over Sudan-Sahel linked to a strong positive feedback with surface evaporation. Along Guinea Gulf coast, rainfall regimes are driven by large-scale moisture advection. Moreover, results show a mean precipitation decrease (increase) in the most (less) enhanced GHG atmosphere over this region. Modification of the seasonal hydrological cycle consists in a rain increase during the monsoon onset. There is a significant increase in rainfall variance over the Sahel, which extends over the Guinea coast region in the moderate emission scenario. Enhanced precipitation over Sahel is linked to large-scale circulation changes, namely a weakening of the AEJ and an intensification of the Tropical Easterly Jet.     

Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations

We evaluate the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas obtained by high-volume hydraulic fracturing from shale formations, focusing on methane emissions. Natural gas is composed largely of methane, and 3.6% to 7.9% of the methane from shale-gas production escapes to the atmosphere in venting and leaks over the life-time of a well. These methane emissions are at least 30% more than and perhaps more than twice as great as those from conventional gas. The higher emissions from shale gas occur at the time wells are hydraulically fractured—as methane escapes from flow-back return fluids—and during drill out following the fracturing. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential that is far greater than that of carbon dioxide, particularly over the time horizon of the first few decades following emission. Methane contributes substantially to the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas on shorter time scales, dominating it on a 20-year time horizon. The footprint for shale gas is greater than that for conventional gas or oil when viewed on any time horizon, but particularly so over 20 years. Compared to coal, the footprint of shale gas is at least 20% greater and perhaps more than twice as great on the 20-year horizon and is comparable when compared over 100 years.     

中国稻田甲烷排放在减少

2005年6月8-9日在中国气象局召开了中国科技部和美国能源部合作项目“气候科学”的第三届科学工作组会议。在会上,美国Portland State University物理系Khalil教授做了一个引人注意的报告,基于对中国稻田甲烷排放的多年测量进行分析,提出了中国稻田甲烷排放在减少,人口增长与稻田甲烷排放没有明显的关系,稻田可能不再是一个减少甲烷排放的有效途径以及现在大气甲烷浓度年增长率在减小和变化趋势趋于稳定等结论。笔者对以上结论作了简要介绍和分析。     

稻田甲烷排放的初级模式

本文建立了一个区域尺度稻田生态系统CH4排放的初步模式，该模式能从理论上反映稻田CH4产生、传输与排放的机理，并提供了一种估计不同区域气候和土壤条件下稻田生态系统CH4排放总量的有效方法。模式主要包括三个部分:水稻的生长、土壤有机物的分解和CH4的产生、传输及排放过程。模式分别模拟了早稻和晚稻CH4的排放，模拟结果与实测比较接近，CH4的季平均排放量，模拟值与实测值的偏差在10% 左右。模式的敏感性实验表明，温度是稻田CH4排放规律的主要控制因子。     

太湖流域单季稻的甲烷排放研究

根据1994～1996年太湖流域单季稻的CH4排放的观测资料,分析了该地区稻田CH4排放的日变化的一些统计特征,对排放的季节变化和年际变化及相关因子对排放的影响进行了分析和研究。结果表明:太湖地区单季稻的CH4排放的特征值为0.07～0.11 g/(m2·d),而且存在巨大的年际变化,其中1995年的排放是1994年和1996年的5～7倍。与NH4HCO3相比,施用尿素使甲烷的排放增加10%～70%。晒田使CH4的排放减少,土壤的扰动则使CH4的排放增加。文中对CH4的排放与水稻的生长的关系及温度的变化对排放的影响也进行了讨论。     

Emissions of Nitrous Oxide and Methane from Conventional and Alternative Fuel Motor Vehicles

This paper provides estimates of emissions of two important but often not well-characterized greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to transportation energy use: methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O). The paper focuses on emissions of CH₄ and N₂O from motor vehicles because unlike emissions of CO₂, which are relatively easy to estimate, emissions of CH₄ and N₂O are a function of many complex aspects of combustion dynamics and of the type of emission control systems used. They therefore cannot be derived easily and instead must be determined through the use of published emission factors for each combination of fuel, end-use technology, combustion conditions, and emission control system. Furthermore, emissions of CH₄ and N₂O may be particularly important with regard to the relative CO₂-equivalent GHG emissions of the use of alternative transportation fuels, in comparison with the use of conventional fuels. By analyzing a database of emission estimates, we develop emission factors for N₂O and CH₄ from conventional vehicles, in order to supplement recent EPA and IPCC estimates, and we estimate relative emissions of N₂O and CH₄ from different alternative fuel passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and heavy-duty vehicles.     

种植不同作物对农田N2O和CH4排放的影响及其驱动因子

以种植玉米(Zea mays)、大豆(Glycine max)和水稻(Oryza sativa)的农田生态系统为研究对象,于2003年6~10月系统观测了N2O和CH4的排放、土壤温度和湿度以及相关的生物学因子。玉米和水稻分别施化肥氮300 kg.hm-2,大豆未施氮肥。研究结果表明,作物类型对农田N2O和CH4排放具有显著的影响。土壤-玉米系统、土壤-大豆系统和土壤-水稻系统的N2O季节性平均排放通量分别为620.5±57.6、338.0±7.5和238.8±13.6μg.m-2.h-1(N2O)。种植作物促进了农田生态系统的N2O排放,玉米地土壤和裸地土壤的N2O平均排放通量分别为364.2±11.7和163.7±10.5μg.m-2.h-1(N2O)。土壤-玉米系统、土壤-水稻系统、玉米地土壤和裸地土壤N2O排放受土壤温度的影响,与土壤湿度无显著统计相关,但受土壤温度和水分的综合影响。土壤-大豆系统N2O排放随作物绿叶干重的增加而指数增加,与土壤温度和水分条件无统计相关,由大豆作物自身氮代谢所产生的N2O-N季节总量约为6.2 kg.hm-2(N)。土壤-水稻系统CH4平均排放通量为1.7±0.1 mg.m-2.h-1(CH4),烤田抑制了稻田CH4的排放。烤田前影响稻田CH4排放的主要因素是水稻生物量,烤田后的浅水灌溉及湿润灌溉阶段的CH4排放与土壤温度和水稻生物量无关。本研究未观测到旱作农田有吸收CH4的现象。     

Partitioning Eddy-Covariance Methane Fluxes from a Shallow Lake into Diffusive and Ebullitive Fluxes

Methane (\(\mathrm {CH}_{4}\)) is known to be emitted from lakes to the atmosphere via processes such as diffusion and ebullition (i.e., bubble emission). We developed a practical method for partitioning eddy-covariance \(\mathrm {CH}_{4}\) fluxes from a shallow lake into diffusive and ebullitive fluxes using a wavelet analysis based on local scalar similarity between the \(\mathrm {CH}_{4}\) concentration and other reference scalars, such as the air temperature or water vapour concentration, in the wavelet time-scale domain, with the hypothesis that similar and dissimilar fluctuation components are related to diffusive and ebullitive \(\mathrm {CH}_{4}\) fluxes, respectively. Our method is applied to approximately two weeks of data obtained at a shallow mid-latitude lake. The partitioned diffusive flux has a physically sound relationship with wind speed, supporting the validity of the method. The ratio of the diffusive flux to the total flux is typically 0.11 with flow from an area of steady bubble emission, but otherwise 0.36. Further validation is required using a larger dataset and data from other lakes. The proposed method can be easily applied to historical data because it requires only 10-Hz data of \(\mathrm {CH}_{4}\) concentration and other reference scalars, along with an empirical parameter.     

广东清远早、晚稻稻田甲烷排放的观测研究

分析了2003、2004年广东省清远市郊区早、晚稻稻田甲烷（CH4）的排放通量,结果表明：广东清远早、晚稻稻田CH4排放通量的几何平均值2003年为4,38mg·m^-2·h^-1和6．09mg·m^-2·h^-1;2004年为5．17mg·m^-2·h^-1和8．3mg·m^-2·h^-1,土壤有机质含量是造成2003和2004年CH4排放差异的原因之一。水稻品种的不同,CH4排放通量也有所不同,实验表明,水稻品种“七丝尖”的排放通量比品种“金优99”高1．08mg·m^-2·h^-1,产量却只有64％。此外,与相关的测量结果进行初步比较。     

Methane emissions from rice fields amended with biogas slurry and farm yard manure

In an experiment on methane-emission measurements from rice fields amended with urea, biogas spent slurry (BSS) + urea, and farm yard manure (FYM) + urea, three distinctive peaks in the methane emissions were observed at 15, 46, and 69 days after transplanting (DAT) due to the availability of readily degradable C-sources. In all cases, the highest peak was at 69 DAT. The steepest Eh drop to a minimum of -320 mV was reached within two weeks of submergence. pH ranged between 7.5 and 8.5. The combined fertilization (FYM + urea) plot showed the maximum emission rate of 4.86 mg m^–2 h^–1 with a total load of 49.44 kg ha^–1 and was 2.3 times higher than (BSS + urea)-treated plot (22.08 kg ha^–1). Grain yields in urea, (BSS + urea) and (FYM + urea) plots were 3.34, 2.94, and 2.85 t ha^–1 respectively, suggesting that biogas slurry is a preferred source over FYM causing lesser environmental pollution without any significant reduction in grain yield.     

海南岛和厦门红树林湿地CH4 排放的时空变化

研究了海南岛和厦门的河口海岸红树林湿地、海岸光滩及红树林伐迹地CH4排放的时空变化。海南岛长宁站位海莲林连续两年的CH4排放率均表现为外滩>中滩>内滩的空间变化模式,与土壤含水量的空间变化一致,而与土壤盐度的空间变化相反;但1997年在其余五个红树林湿地的CH4排放率表现出不同的空间变化规律,且大多与土壤理化因子不呈对应关系。各红树林湿地的最低CH4排放率均出现在冬季。红树林湿地年CH4排放率高于海岸光滩而低于红树林伐迹地。