A general method of parameterizing the big-leaf model to predict the dry-canopy evaporation rate of individual coniferous forest stands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3019-3036

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Big leaf model; Canopy height; Coniferous forest; Evaporation; Parameterization; Surface conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

BIG-LEAF MODEL; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DRY-CANOPY EVAPORATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST CANOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

AERODYNAMICS; CONDUCTIVITY; DATA PROCESSING; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL;

EID: 10244263502     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5747     Document Type: Review

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