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. 2018 Jun 13;4(6):eaao4985. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4985

Table 1. Average (± confidence interval) water-atmosphere CH4 flux rates and gas transfer velocities using different empirical k models.

na, not available.

k model Variables* BR wet BR dry FR wet FR dry JR wet JR dry
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
flux
(μmol
m−2 day−1)
k600
(cm hour−1)
R17 (27) v 236.5 ±
7.4
5.7 103.7 ±
3.6
7.3 1059.0 ±
48.9
15.0 95.3 ±
6.4
8.3 na na 484.4 ±
9.4
9.8
R17 (27) v, u 283.7 ±
8.3
6.8 104.6 ±
4.3
6.9 1110.7 ±
49.5
16.4 99.2 ±
6.8
8.9 na na 460.4 ±
9.6
9.3
R17 (27) v, u, h 324.7 ±
8.8
7.9 115.7 ±
4.3
7.7 979.8 ±
40.7
15.5 94.8 ±
6.3
9.0 na na 535.3 ±
8.7
10.9
Average
flux (R17)
301.0 ±
8.7
6.8 108.0 ±
4.0
7.3 1049.8 ±
46.3
15.6 96.5 ±
6.5
8.7 826.2 10.2 493.3 ±
9.1
10.0
H16 (26) v, u, h 275.0 ±
9.8
6.5 69.1 ±
3.6
3.8 601.4 ±
28.3
8.1 69.6 ±
4.9
6.0 na na 167.0 ±
4.5
3.4
RC01 (54) u 385.0 ±
13.8
9.2 93.5 ±
4.9
5.0 474.7 ±
17.1
8.1 74.8 ±
5.1
7.1 375.2 ±
8.7
4.7 224.0 ±
5.8
4.6
B04 (55) v, u, h 623.2 ±
18.0
14.7 187.4 ±
7.8
10.9 1542.7 ±
75.7
19.3 191 ±
13.2
15.6 na na 494.7 ±
10.1
10.2

*Current velocity (v) in cm s−1, water depth (h) in m, and wind speed (u) in m s−1.

†Calculated based on the % difference of RC01 and average R17 in the JR dry season.