Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Toposequences in Alberta and Saskatchewan
R. C. Izaurraldea,*,
R. L. Lemkeb,
T. W. Goddardc,
B. McConkeyb and
Z. Zhangc
a Joint Global Change Research Institute, Univ. of Maryland, 8400 Baltimore Ave., Suite 201, College Park, MD 20740-2496
b Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, P.O. Box 1030, Airport Road, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada
c Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 206 J.G. O'Donoghue Bldg., 7000 113 St., Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6, Canada

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Fig. 1. Nitrous oxide fluxes at Mundare, AB, from four landscape positions during the spring thaw period of 1996. Also shown are average air temperatures during the measurement periods and, with black arrows, days with significant precipitation 5 mm.
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Fig. 2. Relationship between N2O flux (g NO2N ha1) and water-filled pore space (m3 m3) at Swift Current during the summer of 1999.
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