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Staudt, K*; Falge, E; Serafimovich, A; Pyles, RD; Foken, T: Vertical structure of evapotranspiration at a spruce forest site
Poster, AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco: 2009-12-14 - 2009-12-18

Abstract:
The Advanced Canopy-Atmosphere-Soil Algorithm (ACASA) was used to model the turbulent fluxes of heat, water vapor and momentum as well as the carbon dioxide exchange within and above a spruce canopy at the FLUXNET-station Waldstein-Weidenbrunnen (DE-Bay) in the Fichtelgebirge mountains in northern Bavaria, Germany. ACASA is a multilayer canopy-surface-layer model that incorporates a third-order closure method to calculate turbulent transfer within and above the canopy and was developed at the University of California, Davis. Within the EGER (ExchanGE processes in mountainous Regions) project, comprehensive micrometeorological and plant physiological measurements were performed during two intensive observation periods in fall 2007 and summer 2008. This data base allowed us to extensively test the ability of the ACASA model to simulate the exchange of energy and matter at our site. Here, the vertical structure of evapotranspiration within and above the canopy for a few days is investigated in detail. The ACASA model provides profiles of all components of evapotranspiration, such as transpiration and evaporation from the soil, and estimates the interception of precipitation and the corresponding evaporation from wet plant surfaces. Fluxes of momentum, heat, carbon dioxide and water vapor were measured with six eddy-covariance systems below, within and above the canopy on a 36 m high tower. Furthermore, xylem sapflow measurements at six heights within the canopy were performed for the determination of canopy transpiration. This combination of multilevel measurements allowed us to estimate all components of evapotranspiration of and within the spruce forest. Model results and measurements of evapotranspiration are analyzed with regard to the partitioning between its components as well as between the canopy layers. Furthermore, the ability of the ACASA model to reproduce evapotranspiration profiles for different exchange regimes of the subcanopy and the canopy is assessed.

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