Nature Communications (May 2017)
Airborne observations reveal elevational gradient in tropical forest isoprene emissions
- Dasa Gu,
- Alex B. Guenther,
- John E. Shilling,
- Haofei Yu,
- Maoyi Huang,
- Chun Zhao,
- Qing Yang,
- Scot T. Martin,
- Paulo Artaxo,
- Saewung Kim,
- Roger Seco,
- Trissevgeni Stavrakou,
- Karla M. Longo,
- Julio Tóta,
- Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza,
- Oscar Vega,
- Ying Liu,
- Manish Shrivastava,
- Eliane G. Alves,
- Fernando C. Santos,
- Guoyong Leng,
- Zhiyuan Hu
Affiliations
- Dasa Gu
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California
- Alex B. Guenther
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California
- John E. Shilling
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Haofei Yu
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Maoyi Huang
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Chun Zhao
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Qing Yang
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Scot T. Martin
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
- Paulo Artaxo
- Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de São Paulo
- Saewung Kim
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California
- Roger Seco
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California
- Trissevgeni Stavrakou
- Department of Atmospheric Composition, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
- Karla M. Longo
- Earth System Science Center, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, 12227-010 São Paulo, Brazil
- Julio Tóta
- Instituto de Engenharia e Geociencias, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
- Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
- Oscar Vega
- Centro de Química e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares
- Ying Liu
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Manish Shrivastava
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Eliane G. Alves
- Department of Climate and Environment, National Institute for Amazonian Research
- Fernando C. Santos
- Earth System Science Center, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, 12227-010 São Paulo, Brazil
- Guoyong Leng
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Zhiyuan Hu
- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15541
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Isoprene emissions are commonly estimated using satellite measurements and model simulations. Here, using eddy covariance, the authors report higher emission rates over the Amazon forest than those estimated with these techniques and a relationship between terrain elevation and isoprene emissions.
