Measurement and modelling of the vertical distribution of sunflecks, penumbra and umbra in willow coppice

A 3D model of Salix viminalis canopy describing the coppice as consisting of randomly located shoots is used to simulate the fractional areas of sunflecks, penumbra and umbra within the coppice canopy. The model is based on phytometrical measurements of willow coppice; results are compared with theo...

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Published in:Agricultural and forest meteorology 2004-01, Vol.121 (1), p.79-91
Main Author: MOTTUS, Matti
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Canopy light gaps
Clumping index
Direct radiation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
Light penetration
Salix viminalis
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Summary:A 3D model of Salix viminalis canopy describing the coppice as consisting of randomly located shoots is used to simulate the fractional areas of sunflecks, penumbra and umbra within the coppice canopy. The model is based on phytometrical measurements of willow coppice; results are compared with theoretical formulae, a simple model describing the canopy as consisting of randomly located plates, and measured canopy transmittance. The model predicts different sunfleck, penumbra, and umbra fractional areas compared with the simple plate model, differences in the distribution of direct solar irradiance in penumbra are less significant. The 3D model also indicates that the congregation of foliage into shoots induces the dependence of the clumping index on measurement height and solar zenith angle.
ISSN:0168-1923
1873-2240
DOI:10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00160-6