Methane and Turbulence Dynamics Within the Canopy of an Amazonian Palm Swamp Peatland

Tropical peatlands are a globally important source of methane (CH₄) emissions. Yet, there are persistent gaps in process-level understanding of the biogeochemical cycling and transport processes that give rise to ecosystem scale CH₄ emissions from these systems. We initiated the first ecosystem scale observations of CH₄ emissions from peatland forests in the Amazon. Recently, we initiated measurements of the CH₄ concentration profile and within-canopy turbulence with the goal of determining the dynamics of the vertical CH₄ source distribution using inverse Lagrangian dispersion modeling. Here, we present preliminary results of CH₄ profile and canopy turbulence dynamics. We will focus on characterizing the canopy turbulence environment and coupling to the surface layer, and dynamics of the mean CH₄ profile.