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A green, closed leaf canopy that is well supplied with water will utilize most of the incoming solar radiation for the energy to supply the latent heat involved in transpiration. In a temperate climate, a daily transpiration rate of 6 mm of water will cost about 15 MJ m−2, close to the average irradiation on a day in the growing season.
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Goudriaan, J., Van Laar, H.H. (1994). Leaf energy balance and transpiration. In: Modelling Potential Crop Growth Processes. Current Issues in Production Ecology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0750-1_7
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