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1 online resource |
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Progress in soil science |
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Progress in soil science.
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| Contents |
Evapotranspiration: A Component of the Water Cycle -- Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System -- Evaporation from Different Surfaces -- Transport of Water and Energy in the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere -- Movement of Water in Soil During Evaporation -- Movement of Water in the Soil Root Zone During Transpiration -- The Role of Plants in Transport Processes in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System -- Evapotranspiration and Soil Water -- Methods of Evapotranspiration Estimation -- Evapotranspiration Components Structure -- Combination Method of Daily Evapotranspiration Calculation -- Estimation of Regional Evapotranspiration Using Remote Sensing Data |
| Summary |
Annotation Evapotranspiration and its components (evaporation and transpiration) as a process is one of the basic terms of Earth's water balance; its importance is accented by the fact that transpiration is the vital element of the biomass production process. The second important property of evapotranspiration is its extreme consumption of solar energy, thus controlling the temperature of the atmosphere and creating favourable conditions for life. Evapotranspiration as an energy consuming process is also the connection between the energy and mass cycles of the Earth. Evapotranspiration is a process performing in the SoilPlant Atmosphere System (SPAS); therefore this book is presenting and quantifying it as a catenary process, describing transport of water in the soil, including root extraction patterns and methods of its evaluation. Transport of water through the plant and from the canopy to the atmosphere is also described and quantified. A variety of evapotranspiration (and its components evaporation and transpiration) calculation methods are described, starting from empirical methods up to the most sophisticated ones based on the solution of the transport equations of water and energy in the SPAS. The most important (and widely used) calculation method - modified PenmanMonteith method is described in details, ready to be used with data in the book only. Water balance method of evapotranspiration estimation as well as sap flow method description can be found in the book as well. The book can be used by hydrologists, biologists, meteorologists and other specialists as well as byecology students. Key themes: soil hydrology evapotranspiration hydropedology plant physiology water movement in soils evaporation transpirationDr. Viliam Novák isa water resources scientist at the Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava (Slovakia) |
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Geography |
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Hydraulic engineering |
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Meteorology |
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Ecology |
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Earth Sciences |
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Hydrogeology |
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Biological Networks, Systems Biology |
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ecologie |
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aardwetenschappen |
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meteorologie |
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klimatologie |
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climatology |
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systeembiologie |
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systems biology |
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hydrogeologie |
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Geology (General) |
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Geologie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Evapotranspiration.
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Plants -- Transpiration.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Evapotranspiration
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Plants -- Transpiration
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Évapotranspiration.
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Relations plante-atmosphère.
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Relations plante-sol.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012942176 |
| ISBN |
9789400738409 |
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9400738404 |
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