Table 1 Mean seasonal air and soil temperatures, total precipitation, and amount of irrigation water in the 2013 and 2014 rice growing seasons.

From: A two-year field measurement of methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from rice paddies under contrasting climate conditions

Rice season

Treatments

Mean seasonal air temperature (°C)

Mean seasonal soil temperature (°C)

Seasonal total precipitation (mm)

Precipitation from June to September (mm)

Amount of irrigation (mm)

Water input from June to September (mm)

2013 (‘warm and dry’)

NA100%

26.7

27.8

492.1

271.8

611.7

883.5

NA70%

26.7

27.7

492.1

271.8

428.3

700.1

NA30%

26.7

28.0

492.1

271.8

185.0

456.8

2014 (normal)

NA100%

24.4

24.7

762.7

762.7

116.7

879.4

NA70%

24.4

24.7

762.7

762.7

81.7

844.4

NA30%

24.4

24.8

762.7

762.7

35.0

797.7

  1. NA100% = normal amount of irrigation, NA70% = 70% of normal irrigation, NA30% = 30% of normal irrigation.