NitroEurope - or NEU for short - is a project for integrated European research into the nitrogen cycle. NitroEurope is part of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and will run for 5 years from February 2006 until 2011.
Modelling soil fluxes of nitrogen and carbon gases above a semi arid grassland in Hungary
Submitted by Laszlo_Horvath on Mon, 19/01/2009 - 11:28.
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Journal Paper (published)Source:
Cereal Research Communications , Volume 36, Issue Suppl. , p.1523-1526 (2008)Abstract:
Using the DNDC biogeochemical model we have estimated the soil emissions of greenhouse gases as CO2, N2O and CH4 and emission of some other nitrogen forms (NO, N-2, NH3). Direct determinations of these gasses are difficult due to the expensive instrumentations and/or the problem of the generalization and upscaling of measurements. Soil flux of CH4 was negligible compared to CO2 emission. Emissions of NO and NH3 were more effective comparing to rates of N-2 and N2O. Modelled emissions are in good agreement with the measured fluxes.
