Radiation characteristics in a tropical seasonal rain forest canopy gap

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the observation on the radiation with different wavelengths in tropical seasonal rain forest canopy gap,interior of forest,and meteorological station in different seasons,the radiation characteristics of canopy gap were discussed.The results showed that the value of different wavelength radiation had the phenomenon of "suddenly emergent" at the center and north edge of canopy gap.Moreover,each radiation value reached the maximum rapidly,and then decreased quickly around the noon.The daily gross radiation of different wavelengths within the canopy gap was bigger than that in the interior of forest,but smaller than that at meteorological station.Compared to the north edge,the daily gross radiation in the center of the gap was bigger in dry hot season,rain season and later rain season,but smaller in fog cool season,which was influenced by dense fog,solar angle and azimuth.The total daily gross solar radiation at the center was the maximum when the solar angle was the biggest in rain season,higher in later rain season and dry hot season,and was the minimum in fog cool season.The ratios of infrared and visible light radiation to total solar radiation varied with the seasons at the center and north edge of the canopy gap,which fully indicated the environmental heterogeneity within the canopy gap.Compared with meteorological station and interior of forest,the ratios of infrared radiation to total solar radiation in the gap were bigger than those of meteorological station,but smaller than those of interior of forest,which were just contrary to the ratios of visible light to total solar radiation.In addition,the seasonal variation of the ratios of visible light to total solar radiation was higher than that of the ratios of infrared radiation to total solar radiation within the gap.Generally,canopy gap could increase infrared radiation and decrease visible light radiation in tropical seasonal rain forest.

Key words: Canopy gap, Radiation, Tropical seasonal rain forest

CLC Number:

S718.512

ZHANG Yiping, DOU Junxia, LIU Yuhong, MA Youxin . Radiation characteristics in a tropical seasonal rain forest canopy gap[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2004, (6): 929-934.

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