Novel, cyclic heat dissipation method for the correction of natural temperature gradients in sap flow measurements. Part 2. Laboratory validation

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 913-929

  Reyes Acosta, J Leonardo ^a,c   Vandegehuchte, Maurits W ^b   Steppe, Kathy ^b   Lubczynski, MacIek W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cyclic heat dissipation; Mariotte water flow verification system; sap flow; temperature gradient; thermal dissipation probe

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAVIMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; LABORATORY METHOD; PROBE; SAP FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BEECH; EUROPE; FLOW KINETICS; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LABORATORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EUROPE; FAGUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LABORATORIES; PLANT EXUDATES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84864575759     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps042     Document Type: Article

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