Surface Energy Components and Land Characteristics of a Rice Paddy
Journal
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
11
Pages
1879-1900
Date Issued
2007-11
Date
2007-11
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Abstract
Many meteorological and air-quality models require land characteristics as inputs. A field experiment was conducted to study the surface energy budget of a rice paddy in Taiwan. During the day, the energy balance ratio measured by an eddy covariance (EC) system was found to be 95% after considering the photosynthetic and local advected heat fluxes. The observations by the EC system suggest that the Bowen ratio was about 0.18 during the daytime. The EC system also measured the daytime absorbed carbon dioxide flux. The equivalent photosynthetic energy flux was about 1% of the net solar radiation. A reference table describing the land characteristics of rice paddies for use in meteorological and air-quality models is listed that shows that the albedo and the Bowen ratio measured over rice paddies were lower than those listed in many state-of-the-art models. This study proposes simulating latent heat flux by assigning proper values for canopy resistance rather than by assigning constant values for Bowen ratio or surface moisture availability. The diurnal pattern of the canopy resistance of the rice paddy was found to be “U” shaped. Daytime canopy resistance was observed to be 87 s m−1, and a high canopy resistance (900 s m−1) should be assigned during nighttime periods.
Subjects
Crop growth
Field experiments
Fluxes
Air quality
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Type
journal article
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