Inland waters in Arctic landscapes act as conduits of terrestrial material by transporting and processing it, subsequently exchanging the greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) and nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) with the atmosphere. To quantify the role of inland water emissions in the Arctic GHG budget, it is necessary to assess their emissions in relation to the terrestrial sink capacity. We present measurements of dissolved CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O from lake, pond and low order fluvial systems across two summers (2016-2017) in the Indigirka River lowlands. During May-July 2017, the region experienced a large flood of which we captured the tail end. Using remote sensing images to up-scale inland water emissions to an area of approximately 18 km<sup>2</sup> we calculated combined carbon (C) emissions, CO<sub>2</sub>-C and diffusive CH<sub>4</sub>-C. Considering N<sub>2</sub>O emissions in terms of their radiative forcing showed that they were negligible compared to CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> emissions. Our results shows that in the northeast Siberian Arctic tundra, CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from inland waters are a significant component (potentially up to 25 %) of the landscape C exchange with the atmosphere. Accurately integrating these into regional carbon budgets is essential for forecasting, climate-impact-assessment and to better constrain the feedback to climate warming.
Primary Presenter: Melanie Martyn Rosco, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (m.martynrosco@vu.nl)
Authors:
Joshua Dean, University of Bristol (josh.dean@bristol.ac.uk)
Alberto Borges, University of Liège (alberto.borges@uliege.be)
Ove Meisel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (o.h.meisel@vu.nl)
Richard van Logtestijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (richard.van.logtestijn@vu.nl)
Sergei Karsanaev, North-Eastern Federal University (biokars@mail.ru)
Torfim Maximov, North-Eastern Federal University (tcmax@mail.ru)
Rien Aerts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (m.a.p.a.aerts@vu.nl)
Jorien Vonk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (j.e.vonk@vu.nl)
A. Dolman, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (han.dolman@nioz.nl)
THE IMPORTANCE OF INLAND WATER CO<sub>2<sub>, CH<sub>4<sub>, N<sub>2<sub>O TO SUMMERTIME GREENHOUSE GAS EXCHANGE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE IN ARCTIC TUNDRA LOWLANDS
Category
Scientific Sessions > SS021 Responses of Boreal and Arctic Inland Waters to Changing Climatic and Landscape Conditions
Description
Time: 09:15 AM
Date: 7/6/2023
Room: Sala Menorca B