title: Site specific diel methane emission mechanisms in landfills: A field validated process based on vegetation and climate factors.
abstract: Diel methane emission fluxes from a landfill that was covered by vegetation were investigated to reveal the methane emission mechanisms based on the interaction of vegetation characteristics and climate factors. The methane emissions showed large variation between daytime and nighttime, and the trend of methane emissions exhibited clear bimodal patterns from both Setaria viridis- and Neyraudia reynaudiana-covered areas. Plants play an important role in methane transportation as well as methane oxidation. The notable decrease in methane emissions after plants were cut suggests that methane transportation via plants is the primary way of methane emissions in the vegetated areas of landfill. Within plants, the methane emission fluxes were enhanced due to a convection mechanism. Given that the methane emission flux is highly correlated with the solar radiation during daytime, the convection mechanism could be attributed to the increase in solar radiation. Whereas the methane emission flux is affected by a combined impact of the wind speed and pedosphere characteristics during nighttime. An improved understanding of the methane emission mechanisms in vegetated landfills is expected to develop a reliable model for landfill methane emissions and to attenuate greenhouse gas emissions from landfills.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China.
authors.forename: Danhui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China.
authors.forename: Yongxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimaoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: xlchai@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D013997:Time Factors; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D008697:Methane
keywords: Climate; Landfill; Methane; Vegetation