6th WCSET-2017 at Indonesia
Technical Session 2:
Title:
Development of the Continuous Monitoring System for
Measuring the Soil Surface CO2 Flux
Authors: Salmawati, Kyuro
Sasaki, Yuichi Sugai
Abstract: Measuring the soil surface
carbon dioxide (CO2) flux is an important parameter to
quantify the natural emitted CO2 from the soil layers.
It is one of the major sources in carbon circulation on
the Earth which has a possibility to enhance the global
warming phenomena if soil temperature increase with the
atmospheric temperature. Measurement methods such as
static and dynamic chamber are routinely methods
encountered which either manual or automatic. In this
study, an automated continuous monitoring system for
measuring soil CO2 flux (SCO2-ACMS) is proposed not only
to mitigate the limitations of the manual approach, but
also to understand the surface CO2 flux behaviour. Its
principle is similar to the dynamic close-chamber method
and it is being tested since December 2016 on Ito
Natural Analogue Site (INAS) in Kyushu University,
Japan. Herein, the present measurement methodology of
the SCO2-ACMS would be discussed. The results of the
soil temperature profiles and moisture content are
presented as well. Both parameters were measured
continuously as they were attached to the SCO2-ACMS. A
comparative analysis of SCO2-ACMS results was performed
by conducting a manual close-chamber method using a
hemispherical chamber-gas pump-gas analyser cycle
system. This was conducted to study the feasibility of
the SCO2-ACMS as a surface monitoring device.
Keywords: SCO2-ACMS, Soil, Surface CO2
Flux
Pages:
053-056