Published online 24 August 2006
Published in Vadose Zone J 5:990-1004 (2006)
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0124
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Modeling Seasonal Variations in Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide in the Vadose Zone
P. Cannavoa,b,
F. Lafoliea,*,
B. Nicolardotc and
P. Renaulta
a INRA, Unité Climat Sol Environnement, Bâtiment Sol, Domaine Saint-Paul, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France
b UAPV, Laboratoire d'hydrogéologie, 74 rue Louis Pasteur, 84029 Avignon Cedex 1, France
c INRA, Unité d'Agronomie de Laon-Reims-Mons, Centre de Recherches en Agronomie et Environnement, 2, esplanade Roland Garros, BP 224, 51686 Reims Cedex 2, France

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Fig. 1. Experimental Di*/Di ratio (diffusion coefficients in the soil and air, respectively) as a function of the soil's air-filled porosity. Comparison with simulated values from models by Buckingham (1904), Penman (1940), Millington and Quirk (1961), Millington and Shearer (1971), and Moldrup et al. (2004).
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Fig. 2. Rainfall events, as amount of precipitation (P), during the experiment.
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Fig. 3. Experimental and simulated soil water suction at (A) 20-, (B) 40-, and (C) 100-cm depths.
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Fig. 4. Experimental and simulated soil temperature at (A) 20-, (B) 60-, and (C) 170-cm depths.
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Fig. 5. Seasonal variations in CO2 concentrations in the soil profile at (A) 20-, (B) 40-, (C) 100-, and (D) 200-cm depths.
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Fig. 6. Simulation of seasonal variations in CO2 concentration in the soil profile at (A) 20- and (B) 40-cm depths, taking into account the adsorption of soluble organic C to soil mineral particles.
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Fig. 7. Simulations of soil CO2 concentration at (A) 20-, (B) 40-, (C) 100-, and (D) 200-cm depths taking into account DOC adsorption and ZYB fraction death during winter.
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Fig. 8. Cumulative maize residue C decomposition during the experiment.
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Fig. 9. Seasonal variations in N2O concentration in the soil profile at (A) 20-, (B) 40-, (C) 100-, and (D) 200-cm depths.
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Fig. 10. Nitrate amounts in the (A) 0- to 30-, (B) 30- to 60-, (C) 90- to 120-, and (D) 120- to 150-cm layers during the experiment. Bars represent standard deviations.
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