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Comparison of latent and sensible heat fluxes over boreal lakes with concurrent fluxes over a forest: implications for regional averaging

Venalainen A, Frech M, Heikinheimo M, Grelle A

Abstract

The seasonal and diurnal variation of latent, and sensible, heat fluxes above two boreal-zone lakes and an adjacent coniferous forest was studied using data from the NOPEX field campaigns in 1994 and 1995. Heat fluxes over the lakes were estimated with the bulk aerodynamic method and those over the forest with the eddy-correlation method. The night-time latent heat Aux, while non-existent from the forest, was significant from the lakes during all summer months. The day-time flux from the lakes peaked, on average, in the afternoon, while the maximum flux from the forest occurred around noon. The differences in the latent heat supply between the two surface types varied within +/-(60-80)W m(-2), depending on the month and time of day. The monthly mean latent heat flux from the forest was higher than that from the lakes in May, in June and July the fluxes were about equal; and in August-September, the lake values exceeded those of the forest. The sensible heat Bur reached its maximum values over the forest near noon, but over the lakes during the early morning. An excess supply of heat over the forest of up to 200 W m(-2) was found in comparison with the lakes during the mid-day hours. From May to August, the monthly mean sensible heat flux was higher from the forest than from the lakes. The difference in the heat exchange of lakes and forest was also estimated based from airborne measurements made from an aircraft flying at a height of 100 m. For Right legs consisting of a 15% portion over the lake, the leg-averaged latent heat Aux was, on average, 2% lower and the sensible heat flux 9% lower, compared to a Right leg over fully-forested terrain. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

Published in

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
1999, Volume: 98-9, pages: 535-546
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
    Renewable Bioenergy Research
    Forest Science

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00100-8

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    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/23960