Hicks, B. B.O'Dell, D. L.Eash, N. S.Sauer, Thomas J.2019-06-182019-06-182015-01-150168-1923http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90208An exploratory study of CO2 concentrations and fluxes was conducted during 2013, at a site 12 km North of Harare, Zimbabwe. CO2 measurements were made over four adjacent fields of differing surface vegetation. The data illustrate the role of atmospheric intermittency as a mechanism for transferring CO2 between the surface and the atmosphere. At night, limited atmospheric mixing permits CO2 concentrations to increase to levels well above those conventionally reported (exceeding a spatial average of 450 ppm on some nights), but these high levels are moderated by a periodic intermittency that appears similar to that observed elsewhere and often associated with the presence of strong, synoptic-scale winds aloft (especially low-level jets). The availability of CO2 data with adequate time resolution facilitates investigation of the general behavior, which is suspected to be a common although rarely observed feature of the lower terrestrial atmosphere. If true, this means that the nocturnal vertical transfer of momentum, heat and mass is not solely through a constrained spectral continuum of turbulence as much as by intermittent bursts, propagating from above and penetrating the surface boundary layer. (C) 2014 The Authors.129-134application/pdfCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalArticle - Refereedhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.007200