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Baker et al. 1999
Baker, B., Guenther, A., Greenberg, J., Goldstein, A. and Fall, R. (1999). Canopy fluxes of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol over a ponderosa pine forest by relaxed eddy accumulation: Field data and model comparison. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: doi: 10.1029/1999JD900749. issn: 0148-0227.

Canopy level flux measurements of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) were made over a 7 year old ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada range of California using the relaxed eddy accumulation method. Fluxes peaked in late afternoon (1600 LT), at an average rate of 1.11 mg C m-2 h-1. This corresponds to the time of peak temperatures. MBO fluxes were strongly correlated with both temperature and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Model calculations of MBO flux from this site using a model developed for isoprene provide an accurate simulation of the diurnal emissions pattern but overestimate the measured flux by a factor of 2. Discrepancies between the measurements and the model predictions are likely due to the uncertainties in choosing model inputs. These results indicate a significant flux of reactive carbon in the western United States where MBO-emitting pines are the dominant forest vegetation. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Biosphere/atmosphere interactions, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiative processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Stratosphere/troposphere interactions
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