@article{fdi:010059911, title = {{T}hermal enhancement of gas transfer velocity of {CO}2 in an {A}mazon floodplain lake revealed by eddy covariance measurements}, author = {{P}olsenaere, {P}. and {D}eborde, {J}. and {D}etandt, {G}. and {V}idal, {L}. {O}. and {P}erez, {M}. {A}. {P}. and {M}arieu, {V}. and {A}bril, {G}wena{\¨e}l}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n {N}ovember 2011, the partial pressures of carbon dioxide (p{CO}(2)) in water and air in a floodplain lake of the {A}mazon {R}iver in {B}razil were 800 +/- 75 and 387 +/- 8 ppmv, respectively. {T}urbulent {CO}2 fluxes from the lake measured with eddy covariance ranged from 0.05 to 2.2 mmol m(-2) s(-1). {T}he corresponding gas transfer velocities k(600) ranged from 1.3 to 31.6 cm h(-1), averaging 12.2 +/- 6.7 cm h(-1). {A}t moderate to high wind speed, k(600) increased with wind speed, with values above parameterizations for other lake ecosystems. {D}uring the prevailing tropical low wind speed (below 2.7 m s(-1)) and high insolation conditions, unexpected high k(600) values (up to 20 cm h(-1)) were obtained and correlated with latent heat and sensible heat fluxes. {I}n {A}mazonian open lakes, owing to long quiescent periods of low wind speed but extremely high daytime insolation and heat fluxes, thermal enhancement makes time-integrated gas transfer velocities four to five times higher than those computed from classic wind parameterization.}, keywords = {{AMAZONE} {BASSIN} ; {AMAZONE} {COURS} {D}'{EAU}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters}, volume = {40}, numero = {9}, pages = {1734--1740}, ISSN = {0094-8276}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1002/grl.50291}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010059911}, }