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Energy Balance And Canopy Conductance Of A Tropical Semi-Deciduous Forest Of The Southern Amazon Basin, George L. Vourlitis, Jose De Souza Nogueira, Francisco De Almeida Lobo, Kerrie M. Sendall, Sergio Roberto De Paulo, Carlos Alberto Antunes Dias, Osvaldo Borges Pinto Jr, Nara Luisa Reis De Andrade
Energy Balance And Canopy Conductance Of A Tropical Semi-Deciduous Forest Of The Southern Amazon Basin, George L. Vourlitis, Jose De Souza Nogueira, Francisco De Almeida Lobo, Kerrie M. Sendall, Sergio Roberto De Paulo, Carlos Alberto Antunes Dias, Osvaldo Borges Pinto Jr, Nara Luisa Reis De Andrade
Kerrie M Sendall
Deforestation and climate change have the capacity to alter rainfall regimes, water availability, and surface-atmosphere flux of water and energy of tropical forests, especially in ecotonal, semi-deciduous tropical forests of the southern Amazon Basin, which have experienced rapid regional warming and deforestation over the last three decades. To reduce uncertainty regarding current and future energy and water flux, micrometeorological measurements of latent (Qe) and sensible heat flux (Qh) and canopy conductance (Gc) were combined with measurements of sap flux density (Fd) and maximum leaf conductance (gsmax) to characterize the seasonal controls on mass (H2O) and energy exchange of an ecotonal, …