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Corrigendum: Extrapolation and Uncertainty Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Wetlands Since the 1960s
Abstract
Based on such relationship patterns and soil temperature data (1960–2017), we extrapolated the CO2 and CH4 emissions of study site for the past 57 years: the mean CO2 emission rate was 91.38mg C m−2 h−1 on different measurement methods and timescales, with the range of the mean emission rate from 35.10 to 146.25mg C m−2 h−1, while the mean CH4 emission rate was 2.75mg C m−2 h−1, with the ranges of the mean emission rate from 1.41 to 3.85mg C m−2 h−1. Zhang et al. Corrigendum: Extrapolation of CO2 and CH4 Emissions FIGURE 4 | Annual CO2 and CH4 emission rates of the study site from 1960 to 2017 were extrapolated based on regression models between soil temperature and CO2/CH4 emissions measured using the static chamber method (A,C) and using the eddy covariance method (B,D) at different timescales (Annual or NG&G seasonal). Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 2 March 2021 | Volume 9 | Article 653753 Zhang et al. Corrigendum: Extrapolation of CO2 and CH4 Emissions FIGURE 5 | Calculated differences between extrapolated annual greenhouse gas emission rate of study site from 1960 to 2017. CO2 and CH4 emission rates were extrapolated by models based on data derived from the static chamber method (A,C) or Eddy covariance method (B,D) at annual and NG&G seasonal timescales, respectively. The differences between the maximum and minimum extrapolated values of each year were plotted. TABLE 1 | Extrapolated mean emission rate of CO2 and CH4 of study site for the period 1960–2017, based on models derived from data obtained using the chamber or EC method at different timescales*. Emission rate (mg C m h) Measurement method Annual NG&G seasonal Average CO2 Chamber 35.10 38.60 91.38 EC 146.25 145.58 CH4 Chamber 1.41 1.88 2.75 EC 3.85 3.85 *Timescales were the entire year (Annual), non-growing season and growing season (NG&G seasonal). Abbreviations: Chamber, static chamber; EC, eddy covariance. RESULTS Extrapolation of CO2 and CH4 Emission Rates of the Study Site Extrapolated mean CO2 emission rate of study site from 1960 to 2017 was calculated to be 91.38mg C m−2 h−1, with the ranges of the mean emission rate from 35.10 to 146.25mg C m−2 h−1 on different measurement methods and timescales (Table 1). The differences of emission rates between the maximum and minimum values extrapolated for each year reflected uncertainties from the same measurement method at different timescales. Uncertainties in extrapolation of the CO2 emission rates ranged from 0.84 to 4.38mg C m−2 h−1 based on static chamber data, and from 0.13 to 12.67mg C m−2 h−1 based on EC data (Figures 5A,B). Extrapolated values for CH4 emission rate based on EC data were three times larger than extrapolated values based on chamber data (Figures 4C,D). Extrapolated mean CH4 emission rate of the study site was 2.75mg C m−2 h−1 from 1960 to 2017, with the ranges of the mean emission rate from 1.41 to 3.85mg Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 3 March 2021 | Volume 9 | Article 653753 Zhang et al. Corrigendum: Extrapolation of CO2 and CH4 Emissions C m−2 h−1 on different measurement methods and timescales (Table 1). Differences in annual average maxima and minima reflected uncertainties from static chamber method data ranging from 0.30 to 0.52mg Cm−2 h−1 (Figure 5C), while uncertainties in data extrapolated from the EC method ranged from 0 to 0.30mg C m−2 h−1 (Figure 5D). Copyright © 2021 Zhang, Zhu, Yuan, Liu, Chen, Peng, Wang, Yang, Jiang and Zhao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 4 March 2021 | Volume 9 | Article 653753