(1) Department of Soil Science, Lincoln University, Canterburry, New Zealand, NZ;(2) Department of Soil Science, Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science, Research Centre Foulum, Box 23, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark, DK
Abstract:
Methane (CH4) emissions from stored slurry were successfully measured by a micrometeorological mass balance technique. Emissions during autumn to late winter ranged from 2 to 100kgCH4-Cha–1day–1. Diurnal variations of CH4 emissions were investigated by measuring emissions at several times during the day, correlated with slurry temperatures at 10cm depth and successfully modelled with the Arrhenius equation. Received: 18 June 1996