Abstract
In the course of this study, it was found that some of the existing literature on stomatal behavior for tropical species is inconsistent with the observed behavior of the complete canopy in Amazonia and that the rainfall interception store of the canopy is considerably smaller than originally specified in SiB. Also the turbulent transfer model used in SiB was modified to account for the effects of height-varying foliage density. Finally, it was demonstrated that there is a distinct annual cycle in the biophysical properties of the forest canopy which influences the partitioning of energy into sensible and latent heat fluxes. -from Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 727-759 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Meteorology |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1989 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atmospheric Science