Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from a permanent wetland in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2018-2020
https://doi.org/10.5285/d366ed40-af8c-42be-86f2-bb90b11a659e
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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
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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.
The research was funded through NERC grant reference NE/N015746/2 - The Global Methane Budget.
Publication date: 2021-05-11
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
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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.
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
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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
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/N015746/2
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21 March 2025 09:34