Verification of a simple micrometeorological method for estimating the rate of gaseous mass transfer from the ground to the atmosphere

Abstract

Wilson et al. proposed a simple micrometeorological method of estimating the rate of gaseous mass transfer to the atmosphere from a small circular plot which required measurements of time-average species-concentration and horizontal windspeed at a single height. This method has been applied here to estimate the rate of volatilization of ammonia from a 25 m radius plot treated with urea fertilizer. The emission rates thus obtained agreed satisfactorily with estimates based on a mass balance which employed concentration and windspeed measurements at five levels.