Investigation of high nighttime CO_1tn2-fluxes at the Wetzstein spruce forest site in Thuringia, Germany [Elektronische Ressource] / presented by Luis Marcelo de Mattos Zeri

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• Publié par: universitat_bayreuth
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2008
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Investigationofhighnighttime
CO fluxesattheWetzsteinspruceforest2
siteinThuringia,Germany
Adissertationsubmittedtothe
FACULTY OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND GEOSCIENCES
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH, GERMANY
toattaintheacademicdegreeof
DR. RER. NAT.
presentedby
LUIS MARCELO DE MATTOS ZERI
bornJanuary13,1976
Atibaia,SP,Brazil
Jena,October2007Investigationofhighnighttime
CO fluxesattheWetzsteinspruceforest2
siteinThuringia,Germany
Supervisor: PROF. DR. THOMAS FOKEN
Thisdoctoralthesiswasdonewithintheframeworkofthe
MaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemistry,Jena,GermanyThisworkwasdonebetweenMarch2004andOctober2007attheMaxPlanckInstitute
for Biogeochemistry, in Jena, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas
Foken from the Department of Micrometeorology of the University of Bayreuth,
Bayreuth,Germany.
Thesissubmission: October18th,2007
Defenseseminar: February4th,2008
Thesisreviewers:
Prof. Dr. ThomasFoken(firstreviewer)
Dr. WernerKutsch(secondr
Prof. Dr. CorneliusZetzsch(thirdreviewer)TomywifeGisleine,
forherloveandsupport.Howevermuchyouknockatnature’sdoor,shewillneveransweryouin
comprehensiblewords.
(IvanTurgenev)
Scientistswereratedasgreathereticsbythechurch,buttheyweretrulyreligiousmen
becauseoftheirfaithintheorderlinessoftheuniverse.
(AlbertEinstein)Acknowledgments
I thank Prof. Dr. Ernst Detlef Schulze for giving me the opportunity to work at the
MaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemitry,inJena.
I am also grateful to Prof. Dr. Thomas Foken, from the Univeristy of Bayreuth, for
acceptingbeingmysupervisorandforthecriticalbutconstructivecomments.
IthankspeciallyDr. CorinnaRebmannfortheconstantsupport,theconfidenceinmy
work,andthehelpfuldiscussionsaboutmicrometeorology.
I am grateful to Dr. Werner Kutsch who always encouraged my progress and also
taughtmeaboutsoilscience.
IthankDr. PeterAnthoniforinvitingmeforavisitattheinstitutein2003.
ManythankstomycolleaguesattheMaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemistry:
OlafKolle,MartinHertel,KarlKübler,WaldemarZiegler,andallthefieldoperations
staffforthesupportinthefieldandforthehelpdealingwiththedata.
FernandoMoyanofortherecentdataaboutthesoilrespirationattheWetzsteinsite.
MartinaMundforthebiomassinventorydata.
AnnettBörnerforherassistancewithdigitalelevationmaps.
KerstinLohse,BirgittaWiehl,andYvonneHofmannforthelogisticsupport.
Many thanks go to the people from the workshop, the computer department, the
libraryandtheadministration.
ManythankstothepeoplewhohelpedmefromtheUniversityofBayreuth:
Dr. ChristophThomas,SilkeOldenburg,MatthiasMauder,andTiinaMarkkanen.
I thank Dr. Stephen Belcher, from the University of Reading, UK, for providing the
codeforthemodelingoftheflowoverthehill.
IalsothankArminMathesandProf. Dr. AndreasHense,fromtheUnivesityofBonn,
forgivingmetheopportunitytojointheCOPSSummerSchool,attheBlackForest,in
2007.
IwouldliketothankYouminChen,MaartenBraakhekke,HelenaPopa,andspecially
UlrikeNordkaemperforhelpingmelearnalittlebitofGermaneveryweek.
I thank my friend José Francisco de Oliveira Júnior, for the valuable comments about
thethesis.
IthankmymotherRachel,inmemoriam,myfatherCélio,mybrotherMarcoAurélio,
and my sisters Ana Carolina and Débora Regina for their love and trust in me
throughoutmylife.
InparticularIthankmywifeGisleineforherendlesslove,partnership,andpatience
duringthelastyears.