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Helfter, C.; Gondwe, M.; Skiba, U.

Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from a permanent wetland in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2018-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5285/d366ed40-af8c-42be-86f2-bb90b11a659e
The data resource consists of half hourly time series of heat (latent and sensible) and trace gas (carbon dioxide and methane) fluxes obtained by eddy-covariance, gas concentrations and ancillary meteorological data (e.g. air temperature, relative humidity, pressure, photosynthetically active radiation, total incoming radiation, wind speed and direction). The data were collected at Guma Lagoon (18°57'53.01"S; 22°22'16.20"E), in the perennially flooded area of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, for the purpose of quantifying greenhouse gas fluxes over a Cyperus papyrus stand. The measurement period was 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020. The instrumentation was installed the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; monthly maintenance and data collection visits were effected by the Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana.

The research was funded through NERC grant reference NE/N015746/2 - The Global Methane Budget.
Publication date: 2021-05-11
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

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Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2018-01-01    to    2018-01-31

Provenance & quality

Raw data from the eddy-covariance instrumentation were processed into half-hourly fluxes using the EddyPro software package version 7.0.6 and quality controlled by Dr Helfter. An automatic weather station recorded recorded air temperature, pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction, total solar radiation and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR).
Data from both instruments were downloaded, processed and deposited into the EIDC as a comma separted value (.csv) file.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Helfter, C.; Gondwe, M.; Skiba, U. (2021). Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from a permanent wetland in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2018-2020. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d366ed40-af8c-42be-86f2-bb90b11a659e

Citations

Helfter, C., Gondwe, M., Murray-Hudson, M., Makati, A., Lunt, M.F., Palmer, P.I., & Skiba, U.(2022). Phenology is the dominant control of methane emissions in a tropical non-forested wetland. Nature Communications, 13(1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27786-4

Correspondence/contact details

Helfter, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Authors

Helfter, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Gondwe, M.
University of Botswana
Skiba, U.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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Topic categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords
Africa , Botswana , Climate and climate change , Cyperus papyrus , greenhouse gas , methane , Okavango Deleta , Papyrus sedge , Permanent wetland , wetland
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/N015746/2
Last updated
12 March 2024 11:29