Research Article

Geochemical Fingerprinting of Rising Deep Endogenous Gases in an Active Hypogenic Karst System

Table 1

Climate conditions in the study are during the last two decades, including the annual-average values of main climatic parameters: air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, and evapotranspiration according to the Penman-Monteith FAO parameterization scheme [25].

Hydrological yearT_avgr (°C)RH_avgr (%)Rainfall (mm) ETPPM_FAO (mm)

Sept. ’96–Aug. ’9717.0868.72711210
Sept. ’97–Aug. ’9817.7067.12421239
Sept. ’98–Aug. ’9917.3564.12061268
Sept. ’99–Aug. ’0017.3665.51351250
Sept. ’00–Aug. ’0117.9563.31831319
Sept. ’01–Aug. ’0217.2066.64161192
Sept. ’02–Aug. ’0318.0962.72121262
Sept. ’03–Aug. ’0417.5567.73601161
Sept. ’04–Aug. ’0517.2267.21321340
Sept. ’05–Aug. ’0617.1970.23161308
Sept. ’06–Aug. ’0717.7069.23441359
Sept. ’07–Aug. ’0816.8167.13051376
Sept. ’08–Aug. ’0916.5459.83191423
Sept. ’09–Aug. ’1016.6466.25201330
Sept. ’10–Aug. ’1116.5964.11891384
Sept. ’11–Aug. ’1217.0658.31281575
Sept. ’12–Aug. ’1316.5259.93551424
Sept. ’13–Aug. ’1417.4157.4951560
Sept. ’14–Aug. ’1517.6058.62661531
Sept. ’15–Aug. ’1617.3259.51871491
Sept. ’16–Aug. ’1717.5160.83821459
Average year17.2664.02651355