Does energy dissipation increase with ecosystem succession? Testing the ecosystem exergy theory combining theoretical simulations and thermal remote sensing observations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3917-3941

  Maes, W H ^a   Pashuysen, T ^b   Trabucco, A ^b   Veroustraete, F ^c   Muys, B ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

S SEBI; Solar exergy dissipation; Succession; Surface temperature; Thermal response number

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; BELGIUM; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; FLANDERS; FOREST STAND; FOREST SUCCESSION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LAND USE TYPE; LAND-USE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; S-SEBI; SANDY LOAMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUCCESSION; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; THERMAL RESPONSE; TREE SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CROPS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXERGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGE CLASS; AGGRADATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXERGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY LOAM; SOLAR POWER; SUCCESSION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DISSIPATION FACTOR; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY; FARM CROPS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; ROUGHNESS; SUN LIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 80855132292     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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