GRADIENT MEASUREMENTS OF METHANE FLUX IN LIN’AN RICE PADDIES^*

From July to September of 1990,CH4 flux measurements were made in Lin'an rice paddies using gradient profile techniques.Some characteristics of the turbulence structure under the stable conditions have been verified in the surface layer according to the in situ measurements.The semi-empirical turbulent parameters βm,βh and βc and their changes with the stability parameter Ri are given.Observed results indicate that CH4 flux in the rice-paddy is mainly decided by the methnogenesis and the process of CH4 transport from internal soils to the atmosphere,and that the CH4 vertical transfer is depressed in the stable surface layer.The CH4 flux shows that its obvious diurnal changes,and the mean CH4 flux are higher in nighttime and lower in daytime,and the peaks appear at about 2000 BST at night and 0300 BST in the early morning,respectively.The mean value of CH4 flux is about 4.18±2.3 mg/m2 h.