Boundary-Layer Meteorology

, Volume 46, Issue 1–2, pp 53–67 | Cite as

Carbon dioxide, water vapor and sensible heat fluxes over a tallgrass prairie

  • Shashi B. Verma
  • Joon Kim
  • Robert J. Clement
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Abstract

Fluxes of CO2, water vapor and sensible heat were measured in a grassland ecosystem near Manhattan, Kansas, employing the eddy correlation technique. The vegetation at this site is dominated by big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans). Diurnal patterns of the energy budget components and CO2 fluxes are evaluated on a few selected days. Influence of high atmospheric evaporative demand and low availability of soil water are examined on (a) energy partitioning, and (b) the magnitudes and patterns of atmospheric carbon dioxide exchange.

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Heat Flux Water Vapor Panicum Virgatum Energy Budget Grassland Ecosystem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shashi B. Verma
    • 1
  • Joon Kim
    • 1
  • Robert J. Clement
    • 1
  1. 1.Center for Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology, University of Nebraska-LincolnLincolnUSA

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