Aggregating spatial heterogeneity in a bush vegetation patch in semi-arid SE Spain:: A multi-layer model versus a single-layer model

被引:21
作者
Were, A. [1 ,2 ]
Villagarcia, L. [3 ]
Domingo, F. [1 ,4 ]
Moro, M. J. [5 ]
Dolman, A. J. [6 ]
机构
[1] CSIC, EEZA, Dept Desertificac & Geo Ecol, Almeria 04001, Spain
[2] Univ Granada, Dept Fis Aplicada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
[3] Univ Pablo Olavide, Dept Sis Fis Quim & Nat, Seville 41013, Spain
[4] Univ Almeria, Dept Biol Vegetal & Ecol, Almeria 04120, Spain
[5] Univ Alicante, Dept Ecol, Alicante 03690, Spain
[6] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Earth & Life Sci, NL-1081 Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
evapotranspiration modelling; effective resistances; spatial aggregation; semi-arid climate; sparse vegetation; heterogeneity;
D O I
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.033
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
In semi-arid areas, where vegetation is sparse and clumped, models used to estimate evapotranspiration (lambda E) consider soil and plants as different sources of evaporation. When working at higher scales of heterogeneity, the modelling of surface fluxes introduces effective parameters that enclose the sub-grid heterogeneity. In this work we used both approaches to estimate the lambda E of a sparse-vegetation patch of Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss in a semi-arid area in southeast Spain. Firstly, we used a multi-layer model considering plant, soil under plant and bare soil, each with its own surface and aerodynamic resistances and available energy, interacting at a within canopy height. Secondly, we used a single-layer model that uses the effective surface and aerodynamic resistances of the patch, calculated by different aggregations of the soil and plant resistances considered in the multi-layer model. The estimates of lambda E were compared with measured values obtained by an Eddy covariance system. Results show that the use of effective surface resistances aggregated in parallel and effective aerodynamic resistances aggregated in series in a single-layer model produced similar estimates of),E as a multi-layer model. When compared to the measured values, the estimates of the single-layer model were even more accurate than the estimates of the multi-layer model. The results of this paper show that, in areas with tow vegetation cover, a simple model, where patch-scale heterogeneity is solved by the use of effective aggregated resistances, is adequate to estimate the patch-scale evapotranspiration. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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