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Tethered balloon profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer and CO 2 fluxes in Sahelian Mali.

22. 24. Tethered balloon profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer and CO 2 fluxes in Sahelian Mali. L Kergoat 1 , F Guichard 2 F Baup 1 C Bain 3 E Ceschia 1 Y Traore 5 F Lohou 6

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Tethered balloon profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer and CO 2 fluxes in Sahelian Mali.

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  1. 22 24 Tethered balloon profiles in the nocturnal boundary layer and CO2 fluxes in Sahelian Mali. L Kergoat 1, F Guichard 2 F Baup 1 C Bain 3 E Ceschia 1 Y Traore 5 F Lohou 6 V Le Dantec 1 D. Epron 7 C. Lloyd 4 F Timouk 1 C Damesin 8 P de Rosnay 1 F Lavenu 1 and E Mougin 1. 1 CESBIO (cnrs/cnes/ird/ups) Toulouse France, 2 CNRM Toulouse France, 3 University of Leeds UK, 4 CEH Wallingford UK, 5 IRD Bamako, Mali, 6 L.A. Toulouse France, 7 INRA Nancy, France, 8 Université d'Orsay France Objectives Estimate meso-scale night-time CO2 flux Document night-time nocturnal boundary layer (monsoon flux) Nocturnal Boundary Layer Profiles q Data : campaigns in 2004 and 2005 in Agoufou (Mali 15.3° N 1.5° W) in the Gourma, nortthernmost mesoscale window of AMMA. P, Tair, Rh, wind recorded with a balloon-borne Vaisala sonde. In 2004 air is pumped through a tube and flown through a LiCor IRGA. In 2005 a Vaisala GMP343 is pluged in the tethered sonde, CO2 data radiotransmitted. wind diurnal composite June (°C) July (m.s-1) August September direction Surface met data: diurnal temperature range at the lowest in August but still ~ 8 K (monthly mean), diurnal cycle of wind speed, weak surface wind speed at night, but not above! day of Aug 2004 Pink : 2004 measurement nights (22, 24 wet) blue : soil moisture. 200 m ECMWF analyses exhibit a well defined Low-Level Jet almost every night, a few hundreds m AGL, of magnitude a few to more than 10 m.s-1 mixing ratio 100 m 0 m 21-08 2004 22-08 2004 24-08 2004 17-08 2005 RESULTS : Calm nights show a regular accumulation of CO2 near the ground allowing estimation of large-scale ecosystem respiration. Strong fluxes ! Maxima 4.2 mmol m-2s-1 in 2004, 5.2 mmol m-2s-1 in 2005. Nights with monsoon flow show significant vertical mixing. When wind > 7 m.s -1, few CO2 accumulates near the ground. Flux/gradient methods applicable ? Stable layer most often quite thin in 2004, often < 100 m. thinner and more stable than suggested by ECMWF analyses. Low level jet seems to be « low ». Strong consistency of CO2 , q, rv and wind profiles. Advection apparently weak for CO2 (not for H20 and q) CO2/x is low Significant inter-night variability in wind speed and direction in 08-2004 (dry year), strong monsoon flux prevailing in 08-2005 (wet year). CO2 flux estimations 22/08/2004: Slope of CO2 accumulation gives a flux of 4.2 mmol m-2s-1 22/08/2004 : 2.5 mmol m-2s-1 Back trajectories Air sampled at the balloon site is tracked back. Green is for grasslands, orange for bare soil (MODIS image) [CO2] 17/08/2005 : 5.2 mmol m-2s-1 Growth of a stable layer NDVI averaged over the balloon footprint and past heavy rainfall may explain higher CO2 fluxes on 22th than on 24th 08/2004. 2005 : higher respiration fluxes are consistent with wetter soils + more vegetation. 40 km Conclusions - Support hypothesis that Sahelian ecosystems display large CO2 respiratory fluxes during pulses. - Large scale CO2 fluxes detectable with nocturnal boundary layer budget methods. - In the context of AMMA, tethered balloons are suitable to scale-up surface CO2 fluxes and to document the low-level atmosphere by allowing high frequency soundings. Perspectives - Comparison to tower fluxes, chambers, and modelling. - Investigating nocturnal mixing with CO2 and H2O as tracers - Daytime H, LE, CO2 budget in Benin with UHF/VHF in 2006 ? Support from ECCO-PNBC and French API is acknowledged. IER-Mali, Roselt, IRD Bamako, the people from Agoufou and Pangrou are greatly acknowledged as well.

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