✦ LIBER ✦
Relationship between canopy height and the reference value of surface conductance for closed coniferous stands
✍ Scribed by Hikaru Komatsu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6087
- DOI
- 10.1002/hyp.5141
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✦ Synopsis
When estimating the dry-canopy evaporation rate of coniferous stands using the Penman-Monteith equation, it is crucial to determine the reference value of surface conductance G s . This paper examines the relationship between canopy height and the reference value of G s based on the maximum value of G s with a vapour pressure deficit ≥ 1•0 kPa, O G s max . There is a clear correlation between canopy height and O G s max when the projected leaf area index ≥3•0. This suggests that using this relationship will enable more accurate determination of the reference value of G s for closed stands.