“…In particular, indirect N 2 O emission through groundwater is susceptible to the influence of the upper soil and the land use because the upper soil interacts so strongly with agricultural management. Recent monitoring studies have reported that snowmelt and heavy rain (Sawamoto et al 2003), flooding of a greenhouse soil (Sadamatsu et al 2008), and the cropping system (Minamikawa et al 2010) were important factors in determining indirect N 2 O emission through groundwater. In addition, the processes of N 2 O production, consumption, and transport in the subsoil and the groundwater are being clarified by analyzing stable isotope ratios of nitrate (NO À 3 ) and N 2 O; methods include a natural abundance method (e.g., Osaka et al 2010;Minamikawa et al 2011), a 15 N tracer method (e.g., Clough et al 1999;Van Groenigen et al 2005;Weymann et al 2009), and the measurement of the isotopomer signatures of N 2 O (e.g., Well et al 2005;Koba et al 2009).…”