벼재배 논에서 온실가스 측정을 위해 사용되는 closed 챔버법은 시·공간적으로 변동 폭이 큰 메탄 플럭스를 측정하는 데는 한계가 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하고자 메탄플럭스 측정에 있어 에디공분산을 기반으로 하는 open-path 방법과 closed 챔버법을 비교분석하였다. 벼 재배 기간 중 메탄 플럭스 변동은 두 방법 모두 비슷한 경향을 보였고 closed 챔버를 이용한 메탄 측정 시간대의 값은 open-path 측정에 의한 값과 고도로 유의한 상관을 보였다. 다만 총배출량에 있어서 두 측정 방법 간에 나타난 약 31%의 차이가 발생했는데 이는 closed 챔버법에 따른 과다측정과 open-path에 의한 과소측정으로 생각해 볼 수 있다. 정확한 원인 분석을 위해서 향후에도 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

Emission reduction of CH4 (methane gas) from rice paddy soil is a very important measure for climate change mitigation in agricultural sector. In this study, we investigated the changes in crop yield and CH4 emissions in response to application of biochar and fertilizers. The experimental site is located in Hwasung, Kyunggido and experimental design is the split-plot method with three replicates. Treatments included rice straw (RS) and biochar (BC) amendments nested with the conventional NPK fertilizer (NPK) and slow release fertilizer (SRF). Control was also prepared with the soil with the conventional NPK fertilization with no amendment. Measurement of CH4 emission was conducted during the growing season of 2014 using a dynamic chamber method. The results showed that application of rice straw increased daily CH4 emission rate by 15%, while application of biochar reduced daily CH4 emission rate by 38%. When we combined biochar application with slow release fertilizer, CH4 emission was reduced by 45%. Further, the crop yield was also increased in all treatments compared with the control except for the treatment of rice straw application with slow release fertilizer. Overall results imply that biochar amendment to agricultural soil can be an effective strategy to decrease annual CH4 emission with no reduction in crop yield.