Abstract: A multilayer crop model is used to investigate interception loss from oak, pine, wheat and grass canopies. It is shown that the evaporative properties of the full oak canopy are similar to those of the evergreen tropical ...

Abstract: The Simple Biosphere model (SiB) of Sellers et al. (1986) was designed for use within General Circulation Models (GCMs) of the earth's atmosphere. The main objective of SiB is to provide a biophysically realistic description ...

Abstract: Components of the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB) of Sellers et al. were used to generate global monthly fields of surface albedo (0.4?4.0 ?m), roughness length and minimum surface (stomatal) resistance. SiB consists of three ...

Abstract: The Simple Biosphere Model (SiB) as described in Sellers et al. is a bio-physically based model of land surface-atmosphere interaction. For some general circulation model (GCM) climate studies, further simplifications are ...

Abstract: The variations of spectral hemispherical reflectance (albedo) in vegetation canopies were studied as a function of solar zenith angle, leaf area index, led orientation distribution, and leaf and soil optical, properties. ...

Abstract: Satellite observations are essential for the global monitoring of climatologically significant interactions between the earth's atmosphere and land surface. In practice, however, interpretation of remote-sensing data ...

Abstract: A simple but realistic biosphere model has been developed for calculating the transfer of energy, mass and momentum between the atmosphere and the vegetated surface of the earth. The model is designed for use in atmospheric ...

Abstract: The Simple Biosphere Model, version 2 (SiB2), was designed for use within atmospheric general circulation models as a soil?vegetation?atmosphere transfer scheme that includes CO2 flux prediction. A stand-alone version of ...

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Abstract: The sensitivity of global and regional climate to changes in vegetation density is investigated using a coupled biosphere?atmosphere model. The magnitude of the vegetation changes and their spatial distribution are based ...