A model of heat transfer in sapwood and implications for sap flux density measurements using thermal dissipation probes

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-679

  Wullschleger, Stan D ^a   Childs, Kenneth W ^b   King, Anthony W ^a   Hanson, Paul J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

heat transfer; sap flow; sap velocity; thermal properties; water transport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BARK; CALIBRATION; DIAMETER; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBE; SAP FLOW; STEM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; WATER FLOW; WOOD; WOODY PLANT; WOUNDING; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLANT BARK; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 79960818178     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr051     Document Type: Article

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