Table 2 Soil moisture and GHG emission correlations and thresholds

From: Soil moisture controls over carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

Landcover

Location

SM-GHG Emission Correlation

GHG Peak Emission WFPS Thresholds (%)

Ref.

CO2

CH4

N2O

CO2

CH4

N2O

Cropland

European

PD

PD

P

40%

60%

80%

21

European

N/A

N/A

P

N/A

N/A

75%

83

North America

PD

P

P

40%

80%

80%

84

USA

N/A

N/A

P

N/A

N/A

>80%

185

USA

N/A

PD

PD

N/A

72–94%

63–85%

186

USA

N/A

N/A

P

N/A

N/A

60–90%

187

North America

PD

N/A

N/A

60%

N/A

N/A

188

East Asia

N/A

P

PD

N/A

99%

78–85%

86

Forest

European

PD

P

P

40%

80%

80%

21

North America

N/A

N/A

PD

N/A

N/A

60%

189

East Asia

PD

TR

PD

70–90%

50–70%

70–90%

190

Grassland

European

PD

PD

P

40%

60%

80%

21

East Asia

N/A

N/A

P

N/A

N/A

>73%

191

East Asia

PD

N/A

PD

50 %

N/A

50 %

88

Wetland

European

PD

P

P

40%

95%

80%

21

  1. WFPS denotes Water-filled pore space, P Positive, PD Peak and decline, TR Trough and Rise. Due to the variation in maximum WFPS settings across different experiments, when the correlation is listed as "Positive," the value for GHG Peak Emission WFPS Thresholds (%) represents the maximum WFPS observed in that particular experiment.