A sensitivity analysis of a surface energy balance model to LAI (Leaf Area Index)

Author(s):  
A. Maltese ◽  
M. Cannarozzo ◽  
F. Capodici ◽  
G. La Loggia ◽  
T. Santangelo
Agromet ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Risdiyanto ◽  
R. Setiawan

<p>Leaf area index (LAI) is a variable showing relation between leaf area leaf and area closed over it. The conventionally technique to determine LAI value conducted by measure and accumulate wide of amount of leaf in one selected area and divided broadly area. The other technique, LAI also can be measured by using measuring instrument of solar radiation like attached tube solarimeter parallelly above and below/under plant canopy. Both of the approaches have limitation of spatial which developed new method with remote sensing technique. Determination of LAI with remote sensing technique exploits the nature of spectral of surface both from short wave (sun radiation) and long wave (surface radiation). One of the method able to be developed is surface energy balance approach with Beer-Lambert law. Result of this research indicate that value of LAI for the vegetation area by surface energy balance method and equation of Beer-Lambert law got value of mean LAI for natural forest equal to 3.05 with the range value 2.85 - 3.50 and R2 is 0.91, for the rubber agroforest equal to 3.01 with range value 2.79 - 3.40 and R2 is 0.69, while value of mean LAI for the plantation of monoculture of rubber equal to 2.96 with range value 2.74 - 3.28 and and R2 is 0.82. This method can be used for vegetation area especially for homogeneously like natural forest and monoculture.</p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Indeks luas daun (ILD) merupakan suatu peubah yang menunjukkan hubungan antara luas daun dan luas bidang yang tertutupi. Secara konvensional penentuan nilai LAI dilakukan dengan mengukur dan mengakumulasikan jumlah luas daun dalam satu bidang tertentu dan dibagi dengan luas bidang tersebut. ILD juga dapat diukur menggunakan alat ukur radiasi surya seperti tube solari meter yang dipasang paralel di atas dan di bawah tajuk tumbuhan. Kedua pendekatan tersebut mempunyai keterbatasan spasial, sehingga dicoba mengembangkan metode baru dengan teknik penginderaan jauh. Pendugaan ILD dengan teknik ini memanfaatkan sifat spektral dari permukaan baik yang bersumber dari radiasi gelombang pendek dari matahari maupun radiasi gelombang panjang dari permukaan. Salah satu metode yang dapat dikembangkan adalah pendekatan neraca energi untuk menghasilkan peubah-peubah penduga ILD menggunakan hukum Beer-Lambert. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata ILD untuk lahan bervegetasi menggunakan metode neraca energi dan persamaan hukum Beer-Lambert untuk hutan alam sebesar 3.05 dengan nilai kisaran selang 2.85- 3.50 dan R2 validasi dengan ILD lapangan sebesar 0.91. Nilai rata-rata LAI pendugaan untuk agroforest karet sebesar 3.01 dengan selang 2.79–3.40 dan nilai R2 validasi sebesar 0.69, sedangkan nilai rata-rata ILD untuk perkebunan karet monokultur sebesar 2.96 dengan selang 2.74–3.28 dan nilai R2 validasi sebesar 0.82. Metode pendugaan ILD ini dapat digunakan untuk lahan bervegetasi terutama untuk pertanaman homogen seperti hutan alam dan monokultur.</p>


2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Octavio Lagos ◽  
Derrel L. Martin ◽  
Shashi B. Verma ◽  
Andrew Suyker ◽  
Suat Irmak

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Kawai ◽  
Mohammad Kholid Ridwan ◽  
Manabu Kanda

Abstract The authors’ objective was to apply the Simple Urban Energy Balance Model for Mesoscale Simulation (SUMM) to cities. Data were selected from 1-yr flux observations conducted at three sites in two cities: one site in Kugahara, Japan (Ku), and two sites in Basel, Switzerland (U1 and U2). A simple vegetation scheme was implemented in SUMM to apply the model to vegetated cities, and the surface energy balance and radiative temperature TR were evaluated. SUMM generally reproduced seasonal and diurnal trends of surface energy balance and TR at Ku and U2, whereas relatively large errors were obtained for the daytime results of sensible heat flux QH and heat storage ΔQS at U1. Overall, daytime underestimations of QH and overestimations of ΔQS and TR were common. These errors were partly induced by the poor parameterization of the natural logarithm of the ratio of roughness length for momentum to heat (κB−1); that is, the observed κB−1 values at vegetated cities were smaller than the simulated values. The authors proposed a new equation for predicting this coefficient. This equation accounts for the existence of vegetation and improves the common errors described above. With the modified formula for κB−1, simulated net all-wave radiation and TR agreed well with observed values, regardless of site and season. However, at U1, simulated QH and ΔQS were still overestimated and underestimated, respectively, relative to observed values.


Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo Souto ◽  
Octavio Lagos ◽  
Eduardo Holzapfel ◽  
Mahesh Lal Maskey ◽  
Lynn Wunderlich ◽  
...  

A surface energy balance model was conceived to estimate crop transpiration and soil evaporation in orchards and vineyards where the floor is partially wetted by micro-irrigation systems. The proposed surface energy balance model for partial wetting (SEB-PW) builds upon previous multiple-layer modelling approaches to estimate the latent, sensible, and soil heat fluxes, while partitioning the total evapotranspiration ( E T ) into dry and wet soil evaporation ( λ E s o i l ) and crop transpiration ( T ). The model estimates the energy balance and flux resistances for the evaporation from dry and wet soil areas below the canopy, evaporation from dry and wet soil areas between plant rows, crop transpiration, and total crop E T . This article describes the model development, sensitivity analysis and a preliminary model evaluation. The evaluation shows that simulated hourly E T values have a good correlation with field measurements conducted with the surface renewal method and micro-lysimeter measurements in a micro-irrigated winegrape vineyard of Northern California for a range of fractional crop canopy cover conditions. Evaluation showed that hourly L E estimates had root mean square error ( R M S E ) of 58.6 W m−2, mean absolute error ( M A E ) of 35.6 W m−2, Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient ( C N S ) of 0.85, and index of agreement ( d a ) of 0.94. Daily soil evaporation ( E s ) estimations had R M S E of 0.30 mm d−1, M A E of 0.24 mm d−1, C N S of 0.87, and d a of 0.94. E s estimation had a coefficient of determination ( r 2 ) of 0.95, when compared with the micro-lysimeter measurements, which showed that E s can reach values from 28% to 46% of the total E T after an irrigation event. The proposed SEB-PW model can be used to estimate the effect and significance of soil evaporation from wet and dry soil areas on the total E T , and to inform water balance studies for optimizing irrigation management. Further evaluation is needed to test the model in other partially wetted orchards and to test the model performance during all growing seasons and for different environmental conditions.


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