Publication Date:
2024-05-07
Description:
Ponds emit more methane per area than larger lakes. However, methane concentrations in and methane emissions from ponds show more spatial variability than larger waterbodies. A better understanding of this variability is needed to improve upscaling estimates of freshwater methane emissions. To this end, we studied 41 polygonal-tundra ponds on the islands Samoylov and Kurungakh in the Lena River Delta, northeast Siberia. The ponds fall into three geomorphological types with distinct differences in drivers of methane concentrations: polygonal-center ponds, ice-wedge ponds and larger merged-polygonal ponds. We collected water samples at different locations and depths in each pond and determined methane concentrations using gas chromatography. Additionally, we collected information on the geomorphology, vegetation cover as well as on key physical and chemical properties of the ponds and combined them with meteorological data to identify drivers of surface-water methane concentrations.
Keywords:
3D-UA; 3D ultrasonic anemometer; Arctic peatlands; Area; AWI Arctic Land Expedition; Calculated based on geographical coordinates; Campbell Scientific NR-LITE2 Net Radiometer; Carbon, organic; Carbon dioxide, dissolved; CLICCS; Cluster of Excellence: Climate, Climatic Change, and Society; Date; DEPTH, water; Event label; Handheld GPS, Garmin; Headspace gas chromatography; Lake/Pond; LATITUDE; Lena 2019; Lena-2019_1; Lena-2019_10; Lena-2019_11; Lena-2019_12; Lena-2019_13; Lena-2019_14; Lena-2019_15; Lena-2019_16; Lena-2019_17; Lena-2019_19; Lena-2019_2; Lena-2019_20; Lena-2019_21; Lena-2019_22; Lena-2019_24; Lena-2019_25; Lena-2019_26; Lena-2019_27; Lena-2019_28; Lena-2019_29; Lena-2019_3; Lena-2019_30; Lena-2019_31; Lena-2019_32; Lena-2019_33; Lena-2019_34; Lena-2019_35; Lena-2019_36; Lena-2019_37; Lena-2019_38; Lena-2019_39; Lena-2019_4; Lena-2019_40; Lena-2019_41; Lena-2019_5; Lena-2019_61; Lena-2019_62; Lena-2019_7; Lena-2019_8; Lena-2019_9; Lena Delta; Lena River Delta; LONGITUDE; Metal rod; Methane; Methane, dissolved; Methane, standard deviation; Mini-Diver DI501, Schlumberger Water Services, NL; Moss, cover; Muffel furnace, 550 °C, LOI; MULT; Multimeter with CellOx325 sensor, WTW; Multiple investigations; Optional event label; Oxygen, dissolved; permafrost; Permafrost; Pond_1; Pond_10; Pond_11; Pond_12; Pond_13; Pond_14; Pond_15; Pond_16; Pond_17; Pond_19; Pond_2; Pond_20; Pond_21; Pond_22; Pond_24; Pond_25; Pond_26; Pond_27; Pond_28; Pond_29; Pond_3; Pond_30; Pond_31; Pond_32; Pond_33; Pond_34; Pond_35; Pond_36; Pond_37; Pond_38; Pond_39; Pond_4; Pond_40; Pond_41; Pond_5; Pond_61; Pond_62; Pond_7; Pond_8; Pond_9; ponds; RU-Land_2019_Lena; Short-wave radiation; Temperature, water; Thaw depth of active layer; Type; Vegetation, cover; Wind speed
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 820 data points
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