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

InvestigationofhighnighttimeCO fluxesattheWetzsteinspruceforest2siteinThuringia,GermanyAdissertationsubmittedtotheFACULTY OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND GEOSCIENCESOF THE UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH, GERMANYtoattaintheacademicdegreeofDR. RER. NAT.presentedbyLUIS MARCELO DE MATTOS ZERIbornJanuary13,1976Atibaia,SP,BrazilJena,October2007InvestigationofhighnighttimeCO fluxesattheWetzsteinspruceforest2siteinThuringia,GermanySupervisor: PROF. DR. THOMAS FOKENThisdoctoralthesiswasdonewithintheframeworkoftheMaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemistry,Jena,GermanyThisworkwasdonebetweenMarch2004andOctober2007attheMaxPlanckInstitutefor Biogeochemistry, in Jena, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ThomasFoken from the Department of Micrometeorology of the University of Bayreuth,Bayreuth,Germany.Thesissubmission: October18th,2007Defenseseminar: February4th,2008Thesisreviewers:Prof. Dr. ThomasFoken(firstreviewer)Dr. WernerKutsch(secondrProf. Dr. CorneliusZetzsch(thirdreviewer)TomywifeGisleine,forherloveandsupport.Howevermuchyouknockatnature’sdoor,shewillneveransweryouincomprehensiblewords.(IvanTurgenev)Scientistswereratedasgreathereticsbythechurch,buttheyweretrulyreligiousmenbecauseoftheirfaithintheorderlinessoftheuniverse.(AlbertEinstein)AcknowledgmentsI thank Prof. Dr. Ernst Detlef Schulze for giving me the opportunity to work at theMaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemitry,inJena.I am also grateful to Prof. Dr.