Characteristics of microscale evapotranspiration: a comparative analysis |
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| Authors: | F Ács G Szász |
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| Institution: | E?tv?s Loránd University, Department of Meteorology, Budapest, Hungary, HU
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, HU
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| Abstract: | Summary ?Evapotranspiration characteristics on the point-scale (several hundred square meters) and the local scale (several square
kilometers) are analysed by comparing a deterministic and a statistical – deterministic surface energy balance model. The
vegetation surface variability is represented by both the surface heterogeneity and inhomogeneity. Heterogeneity means the
mosaic of wet (wif ≠ 0) and dry (1-wif) fractions of vegetation surface, while inhomogeneity addresses small scale variations of soil moisture content.
The microscale characteristics of evapotranspiration are considered in terms of analysing evapotranspiration E
v
versus soil moisture content θ, relative frequency distribution characteristics of E
v
(θ) and the aggregation algorithms for its estimation. The analyses are performed for loam soil type under different atmospheric
forcing conditions.
The main result is as follows: For dry vegetation surface (wif = 0), the relationship between the aggregated (θagg) and the area-averaged (θ
m
) soil moisture content is nonlinear and depends on both the states of the surface and the atmospheric forcing conditions.
In the study, we assumed that there are no advective effects and mesoscale circulation patterns induced by surface discontinuities.
Based on this fact it seems unlikely to be able to construct an aggregation algorithm for calculating θagg without inclusion of the atmospheric forcing conditions. This means that it will be difficult to construct a simple formula
for calculating area-averaged transpiration, if it is possible at all.
Received May 3, 2001; revised May 31, 2002; accepted June 3, 2002 |
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