Tyler L. Anthony, Daphne J. Szutu, Joseph G. Verfaillie, Dennis D. Baldocchi & Whendee L. Silver, 2023
The researchers used long-term automated measurements to quantify patterns and drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in a continuous alfalfa agroecosystem in California. They found the alfalfa site was a large N2O source, offsetting the ecosystem CO2 and CH4 sink by up to 14% annually. Short-term N2O emissions events (hot moments) accounted for ≤1% of measurements but up to 57% of annual emissions. Seasonal and daily trends in rainfall and irrigation were the primary drivers of hot moments of N2O emissions.
The ability of the Eosense autochamber system to capture high frequency continuous data over a long term (~4 years) with very little downtime (~2%) allowed the researchers to capture significant short term N2O flux events. Since hot moments can account for such a large proportion of yearly budgets a robust system is essential for a complete picture of ecosystem fluxes. The soil respiration measurements provided by the opaque eosAC were also highly complementary to Ameriflux network NEE and satellite-derived NIRv data for a deep analysis of the site.
Sisi Lin and Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, 2022
Carmen C. Roman-Perez and Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, 2021
Tyler L. Anthony, Whendee L. Silver, 2021
Carmen C. Roman-Perez, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, 2020
Shakila K. Thilakarathna, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, 2020
M. Ramlow, E.J. Foster, S.J. Del Grosso, M.F. Cotrufo, 2019
This study evaluated a maize field in northern Colorado under deficit irrigation treatments with a woody biochar amendment. They measured crop biomass, grain yield, grain nitrogen uptake, mineral nitrogen availability, soil water content, soil field capacity, soil carbon sequestration and N2O emissions. Both biochar amendments and limited irrigation treatments did not significantly impact yield-scaled cumulative N2O emissions or irrigation water-use efficiency. Among other findings, this study confirms the diminished biochar N2O emission reductions in the field relative to most lab incubations due to drier field conditions and crop nitrogen uptake.
Six eosAC autochambers, an eosMX multiplexer and a Picarro G2508 analyzer gathered data for a 5 month period with high temporal resolution. The measurement lengths were 30 minutes with 5 minutes in between. These were used in combination with 24 static chambers to capture spatial variability. The automated chamber system fluxes were used for quality control of the weekly static chamber measurements ensuring that those measurements were representative of fluxes over the full day, and that they caught the primary N2O peaks throughout the field season.
Criscuoli I, Ventura M, Sperotto A, Panzacchi P, Tonon G. 2019
A pot experiment was set up to investigate the impact of woodchips biochar on the temperature sensitivity of the main GHG (CO2, CH4, and N2O) emissions from soil. The study found that biochar can reduce the soil’s CH4 uptake capacity under warming scenarios, while its effect on CO2 and N2O emissions depends on other factors such as soil moisture and nutrient availability.
Three eosAC autochambers and an eosMX multiplexer were deployed on three biochar treatments each with three repetitions. The Eosense autochamber system provides high temporal resolution, 10 min per measurement in this study, and simultaneous flux measurements of multiple gas species. The researchers varied the soil temperature while keeping soil moisture constant. Soil temperature and moisture can easily be monitored with external sensors available for the Eosense autochambers.
Kyle S. Hemes, Samuel D. Chamberlain, Elke Eichelmann, Tyler Anthony, Amy Valach, Kuno Kasak, Daphne Szutu, Joe Verfaillie, Whendee L. Silver, Dennis D. Baldocchi. 2019
Heida L. Diefenderfer, Valerie I. Cullinan, Amy B. Borde, Cailene M. Gunn, and Ronald M. Thom, 2018
Christopher S. McCloskey, Wilfred Otten, Eric Paterson, and Guy J. D. Kirk, 2021
Christopher S. McCloskey, Wilfred Otten, Eric Paterson, Ben Ingram, and Guy J. D. Kirk, 2020
Debjani Sihi1, Xiaofeng Xu, Mónica Salazar Ortiz, Christine S. O’Connell, Whendee L. Silver, Carla López-Lloreda, Julia M. Brenner, Ryan K. Quinn, Jana R. Phillips, Brent D. Newman, and Melanie A. Mayes, 2020
Christine S. O’Connell, Leilei Ruan, and Whendee L. Silver, 2018
Paula Sofia Gonzalez Samano, Aaron Graham Cahill, Roger Timmis, and Andreas Busch, 2022
Christine S. O’Connell, Tyler L. Anthony, Melanie A. Mayes, Tibisay Pérez, Debjani Sihi and Whendee L. Silver, 2022
Daniela Bona, Donato Scrinzi, Giustino Tonon, Maurizio Ventura, Tiziana Nardin, Fabio Zottele, Daniele Andreis, Gianni Andreottola, Luca Fiori, and Silvia Silvestri, 2022
Moyosore Ajayi and John C. Ayers, 2021
Our robust automatic soil flux chamber connects to a Gasmet, ABB-LGR or Picarro analyzer to collect continuous greenhouse gas flux data.
The chamber's large footprint, proven design and automated measurement capabilities allow researchers to capture accurate measurements of NEE and trace gases.
Whether you’re using eosAC chambers, manual chambers or conducting incubations the eosMX has you covered with support for automated sampling from up to 12 locations.